FINTECH WORKING GROUP BECOMES FINTECH FORUM ESWATINI

BY LINDELWA MYENI MBABANE – The FinTech Working Group has been transformed into the FinTech Forum Eswatini (FFE) to broaden participation in the country’s technology ecosystem and strengthen collaboration among government, academia, industry, innovators and students during Indaba X Eswatini held at the Central Bank of Eswatini headquarters today. The transition was announced by Central […]

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ENTC BRINGS BUSINESS AND FINANCE SECTORS INTO BIODIVERSITY DRIVE

BY LINDELWA MYENI MBABANE – The Eswatini National Trust Commission (ENTC) is engaging businesses, financial institutions and private-sector representatives on their role in protecting the country’s biodiversity and supporting sustainable development through the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP 3.0) at Emafini Country Lodge in Mbabane. The engagement brings together representatives from Business Eswatini, […]

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BLESS LEPOET MAKES LIFE HIS LYRICAL CANVAS

BY SIPHOSETHU MABUZA MANZINI– Some stories are written on paper. Others are lived, felt and eventually turned into words. For Sibusiso Shongwe, better known as Bless LePoet, life itself has become a source of poetry, music and storytelling. The Phonjwane-born creative has built his identity around poetry that draws from real-life struggles, human behaviour and […]

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NONTOBEKO  MABUZA TAKES ESWATINI INTO FINAL THREE OF GLOBAL SUGAR RACE

BY GCWALISILE MHLABANE MANZINI – Eswatini has secured a place among the final contenders for the top leadership position of the global sugar industry after Nontobeko Pearl Mabuza advanced to the final three in the race for Executive Director of the International Sugar Organization. Mabuza’s campaign ended at the International Sugar Organization Special Council Meeting […]

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COMPUTER-AIDED TB SCREENING EXPANDS ACROSS ESWATINI

BY SIBUSISEKILE NDLANGAMANDLA MANZINI– Eswatini is expanding the use of technology and alternative diagnostic approaches to strengthen tuberculosis detection and treatment as the country works towards ending TB by 2035. National TB-HIV Services Coordinator Similo Simelane said the National TB Control Programme has introduced different approaches to identify tuberculosis cases among people who may not […]

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UNESWA FOOD PROJECT SUPPORTS VULNERABLE STUDENTS ACROSS THREE CAMPUSES

BY SIBUSISEKILE NDLANGAMANDLA MATSAPHA– The University of Eswatini’s No Hungry Student Project is extending food assistance to needy and vulnerable students who struggle to afford meals, with support from Likusasa Letfu Savings Credit & Cooperative Society. Likusasa Letfu Savings Credit & Cooperative Society handed over a food consignment to the University of Eswatini on Tuesday, […]

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