AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoEdTech & AI: Injini is backing an $125,000 AI venture builder for African classrooms, selecting 12 pre-formed teams from nine Southern African countries (including Eswatini) to turn early ideas into AI-powered, market-ready education startups. Digital Finance: Standard Bank Eswatini plans to decommission the Unayo wallet platform by Dec 31, 2026, saying the payments landscape has evolved with the Eswatini Payment Switch and integrated digital banking. Tourism Compliance: Eswatini Tourism Authority says it will intensify bed levy enforcement and require National Grading Programme participation for establishments seeking government project consideration. Indigenous Knowledge & Policy: A SADC workshop in Eswatini highlights indigenous crafts, agriculture and medicine contributing over E50m annually, with mapping showing many practices still undocumented. Tax Modernisation: Eswatini retail and wholesale firms are stepping into the e-invoicing pilot with the Eswatini Revenue Service, signaling growing readiness for digital tax administration. Climate & Planning: King Mswati III announces Eswatini’s Paris Agreement-compliant NDC 3.0 and a target to cut 2.24m tonnes of greenhouse gases by 2035. Regional Trade & Logistics: Eswatini Railways joins a joint ESR-Transnet-Transnet Engineering-CFM exhibition at the EITF to push integrated regional logistics.
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