Economy
6 sectors urgently need digital investment
MBABANE – Finance Minister Neal Rijkenberg has identified six priority sectors where digital transformation can unlock Eswatini’s productivity and boost economic growth.Speaking during...
21 Taiwan businesses invest E1.85bn, create 13k jobs
EZULWINI - Taiwanese businesses have invested over US$100 million (approximately E1.85 billion) in Eswatini, creating around 13 000 jobs across key industries. This...
PM woos Japan’s ITOCHU for strategic investments
MBABANE – Eswatini has intensified its economic diplomacy drive, as Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini held high-level talks with ITOCHU Corporation’s Africa Bloc...
ECMA unveils plan to launch Eswatini bond exchange
MBABANE – Eswatini’s capital markets are poised for a historic transformation as the Eswatini Capital Markets Association (ECMA) announced plans to establish a...
Eswatini, World Bank to chart digital economy roadmap
MBABANE – Eswatini’s economic future will take centre stage this week as the World Bank, in collaboration with government, launches the Eswatini Economic...
‘Non-aligned’ foreign policy puts country in strategic advantage
DR CONGO – Former Democratic Republic of Congo leader Joseph Kabila went on trial in absentia Friday on charges including treason over alleged...
Eswatini capital markets nearly double in 10yrs
MBABANE – Eswatini’s capital markets have experienced a 91 per cent surge in value over the past decade, growing from E20.8 billion in...
BRICS slows down on de-dollarisation
JOHANNESBURG - Member countries of the BRICS trading bloc seem to have backed down from their rather lofty ideal of establishing their own...
Downside risks dominate global economic outlook – IMF
JOHANNESBURG – The downside risks still dominate the global economic outlook, with policy priorities for the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors...
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E50 000 bail for couple in E2.3 million theft case
MBABANE - A former chief clerk and her husband, implicated in the alleged theft of E2.3 million from Pick Yours Supermarket in Buhleni,...
