INAUGURAL ESWATINI INVESTMENT POLICY: ... 7 KEY POLICY OBJECTIVES UNPACKED

EZULWINI - Within this policy, government has adopted key policy objectives.

They include but not limited to:

• Fostering an open, transparent and conducive policy environment to make Eswatini attractive to domestic and foreign investors and investments;
• Promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth that will raise the country’s GDP growth rate above the 5 per cent required to attain the sustainable development goals (SDGs);
• Promoting the creation of decent jobs by targeting investments that encourage innovation and local value addition;
• Improving coordination and coherence at the national and international levels regarding investment policy issues;
• Encouraging local production for exports and the development of export-ready local enterprises to take advantage of market access agreements like the AfCFTA through targeted incentives;
• Promoting FDI-MSME linkages to remove distortive policies, connect MNEs and local firms, upgrade local firms and attract foreign suppliers; and
• Creating a precedent for a fully functional one-stop service facility for investment facilitation.

Masuku mentioned that the policy had been developed under the Support for the Improvement of the Business Environment (SIBE) programme, which was funded by the European Union through the SADC Secretariat.

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