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EWADE likened to Africa’s top irrigation, rural development institutions

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EWADE Chief Executive Officer Dr Samson Sithole. (Courtesy pics)
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EZULWINI – The Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (EWADE) is increasingly emerging as a comparable institution to some of Africa’s leading organisations in irrigation and rural development.

The organisation is positioning itself alongside the continent’s most established water and agricultural development agencies.

 It is steadily building a strong reputation for converting irrigation infrastructure into tangible and measurable improvements in farming, employment and rural livelihoods.

This observation was made by EWADE’s founding Chief Executive Officer, Dr Doctor Lukhele, during the recent Vusela to All EWADE Staff and Digital Transformation Strategy Launch held at the Happy Valley Hotel.

He noted that EWADE is now increasingly viewed in the same category as leading continental institutions such as Kenya’s National Irrigation Authority and Egypt’s Ministry of Water Resources & Irrigation.

According to Dr Lukhele, this positioning reflects governance strength, strong project delivery capability and measurable socio-economic impact at scale, characteristics it shares with some of the continent’s highest performing public sector organisations.

He emphasised that EWADE’s recognition is not based on infrastructure scale alone, but on institutional maturity and delivery performance.

“EWADE is increasingly comparable to some of the top organisations on the continent in infrastructure development, irrigation led transformation and project management excellence,” Dr Lukhele said. “What distinguishes it is not only the infrastructure it delivers, but its ability to convert that infrastructure into sustained socio-economic impact.”

He added that EWADE reflects a rare combination of governance strength, implementation discipline and measurable rural transformation outcomes, placing it within the same operational category as Africa’s most established development institutions.

*Full article available on Pressreader*  

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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta

Nhlanganiso Mkhonta serves as Business Editor at the Times of Eswatini. He reports on business, economics, finance, investment, entrepreneurship and public policy, producing insightful coverage and analysis of the issues driving Eswatini’s economy and the wider African business environment.

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