Taiwan Investment Push: Prime Minister Russell Dlamini returned from Taiwan after talks aimed at boosting investment and energy security, including visits to major renewable projects and invitations for Taiwanese firms to back Eswatini’s 1,000MW drive. AI for Public Services: Eswatini libraries, with UNESWA’s Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, trained librarians on practical AI uses for cataloguing, retrieval, data management and better user services. Agriculture Transformation Plan: The DPM launched the Agriculture Sector Review and an Agricultural Solutions Marketplace, calling for targeted investment, stronger value chains and youth participation to turn farming into growth. Regional Trade Simplification: SADC partners, including Eswatini, moved to make border procedures easier under the Simplified Trade Regime to cut costs for small traders. Health Systems Focus: Eswatini hosted ECSA health meetings as the US and regional partners urged stronger, innovation-led health system resilience. Digital Banking Upgrade: SBS Bank Eswatini launched the Intellect eMACH.ai Treasury platform to modernise treasury operations using AI. Foundational Learning Crisis: A World Bank report flags weak reading outcomes in early primary years, with Grade III pupils reading only a few words correctly per minute. IP Protection Warning: IP experts urged entrepreneurs to protect ideas properly before pitching, clarifying that copyright covers expression, not raw ideas.