Financial sector strategy

Overview

Genesis offers a wealth of experience in providing strategy support to financial services players, with two decades of experience and over 600 successfully completed projects in Africa and the Middle East.

Our clients are diverse. We assist governments and government agencies in developing long-term strategies aimed at economic development and advise donors in developing their initiatives to better reach their targeted segments.

Projects

Taxing times ahead if short-term capital gains treated as income

South Africa’s leading Collective Investment Schemes provider commissioned Genesis to assess the impact of the possible changes in the taxation of CIS unit trusts.

Finding a channel sweet spot for a Nigerian bank

Genesis was commissioned by a Nigerian bank to conduct a channel optimisation study, which involved an analysis of 65 million transactions across the bank’s customer base. This took into account global trends in channel usage, cost and best-practice channel optimisation, and considered the relevance of these international trends within the context of the Nigerian market.

Genesis strategises transition to a full-service bank

Genesis was commissioned by a Ghanaian finance house to develop a financial model that could be used to inform its transition from a non-bank financial institution into a full-service bank, while remaining aligned with its strategic objectives.

Namibian bank revamps their offering to new segments

Genesis Analytics was commissioned by a large Pan-African bank operating in Namibia to assist in the development of its new student, young professional and staff value propositions.

Strategy to align bank's business units

Genesis Analytics was retained by a Pan-African bank operating in Namibia to align its strategy and strategic execution plans across its business units and management teams.

Digital strategy for large global card scheme in South Africa

Genesis Analytics was commissioned by a large international card scheme to analyse and develop a strategy to position the scheme in the South African digital payments market.

Strategy for financial inclusion unit of Ghanaian bank

Our assignment was to assist a leading Ghanaian bank's Financial Inclusion Unit (FIU) to deliver on its overarching goal of having five million active accounts by 2018, and to identify ‘capability’ gaps that could potentially be supported by FSD Africa. The analysis involved a market opportunity analysis and internal capability assessment.

Navigating increasing competition for large South African retail bank

A large South African retail bank commissioned Genesis to redefine their growth strategy for transactional products - focusing on how to grow transactional revenue.

Design thinking for innovative bank products in Tanzania

Genesis was contracted to support FinSights Lab, an innovation initiative enabling solutions for financial services institutions to enhance financial inclusion, in supporting a large Tanzanian bank to develop new products and services for the mass market.

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