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King of Eswatini Visits Belgrade: Cooperation with Serbia to Focus on Trade, Agriculture, Tourism
Source: Beta News / Politics | 21.10.24 | access_time 10:52 Photo: Wikipedis King Mswati III of Eswatini said in Belgrade, on Oct. 19, that his country wanted to develop bilateral ties with Serbia and expand cooperation in trade, information and...
OCTOBER: MONTH OF HOPE, AWARENESS IN ESWATINI
By Nokwanda Sibandze | 2024-10-20 As the calendar turns to October, a wave of pink washes over communities around the globe, signaling the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In Eswatini, this month serves as a poignant reminder of the...

Applied Artificial intelligence & Deep Tech Innovations Take Centre Stage on Day Three of Expand ...
Expand North Star 2024 (www.ExpandNorthStar.com), the world’s largest startup and investment event, continued its journey of innovation on its third day at Dubai Harbour. Attendees from around the world witnessed revolutionary advancements in...

Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI) And Deep Tech Innovations Take Centre Stage On Day Three Of Expand North Star 2024
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Expand North Star 2024 ( ), the world's largest startup and investment event, continued its journey of innovation on its third day at Dubai Harbour. Attendees from around the world witnessed revolutionary...

Nigeria is well placed to be West Africa’s tech hub
Nigeria’s burgeoning tech-savvy and entrepreneurial spirit uniquely position it to pioneer an IT-driven economy across various sectors. The digital economy, defined by infrastructure built around computing technologies, solutions, and platforms,...

Applied AI and Deep Tech Innovations Take Centre Stage on Day Three of Expand North Star 2024
Day three of the world's largest startup and investment event unveiled transformational solutions across healthcare, space technology, and more at Dubai Harbour DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Expand North Star 2024, the...
OPINION:Thank you National Commissioner for arresting Mobile Money alleged fraudsters, police must focus more on cyber crimes as criminals migrate to technology.
By Zweli Martin Dlamini It was a coincidence that just when I was about to write an article criticising the National Commissioner of Police Vusi Manoma Masango, regarding the delay in arresting the alleged cyber criminals defrauding the public...

Netafim celebrates 60 years of driving precision irrigation
Netafim, the global pioneer of drip irrigation technology, celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Since its founding in 1965 on a kibbutz in Israel’s Negev desert, the company has introduced innovations that have transformed farming practices...

African nation of Eswatini releases design for tokenized retail CBDC
The Central Bank of the Kingdom of Eswatini, the landlocked country of 1.2 million people sandwiched between South Africa and Mozambique, has released a design paper describing its potential central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital...

Western engineering students build bridge for rural Eswatini community
Three Western Engineering students traveled to Eswatini last summer, contributing their skills to improve access to schools, healthcare, farmland and employment from a rural community in the southern African country. Their mission? To design and...
OPINION:Why Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini attempted to interfere in Commerce Minister’s Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority(EIPA) duties by imposing an alleged corrupt investor?.
By Zweli Martin Dlamini It is clear that Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini attempted to interfere with the duties of the Eswatini Investment and Promotion Authority(EIPA) by imposing an alleged corrupt investor Mobeen Meldi. Firstly, it seems...

Gilead Sciences inks pacts with Dr Reddy's Labs, Emcure, Hetero and 3 others for HIV drug Lenacapavir
Foster City: Gilead Sciences, Inc. has announced that it has signed non-exclusive, royalty-free voluntary licensing agreements with six pharmaceutical manufacturers to make and sell generic lenacapavir, subject to required regulatory approvals, in...

WOMEN IN TECH STATISTICS 2024: MALE TO FEMALE RATIO
WOMEN IN TECH STATISTICS 2024: MALE TO FEMALE RATIO Last Updated: September 17, 2024 Women in tech statistics for 2024 show that the role of women in tech fields is imbalanced to say the least. While it’s true that the STEM industry is skewed to...

Corruption and Intrigue in Eswatini
(Permanent Musical Accompaniment to the Last Post of the Week from the Blog’s Favourite Living Canadian) In 1968, the British High Commission territory of Swaziland became an independent monarchy called Eswatini—at which point it pretty much...

World Cotton Day highlights importance of GM technology
South African cotton farmers’ yields are double that of the average in Africa, highlighting the importance of having access to genetically modified (GM) seed. Cotton farming sustains over 33 million growers globally, with 150 million people...
RECALLED DRUGS SUPPLIED BY SWAZIPHARM – MINISTER
MBABANE – It was reported last year that there is a company that supplied medical drugs for public use, which the Ministry of Health later recalled. The Times SUNDAY can reveal that one of these companies is SwaziPharm Wholesalers (Pty) Ltd, the...
PREMIER INVITES JEWISH INVESTORS TO ESWATINI
By Government Correspondent | 2024-09-28 Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini has invited Jewish investors to come and invest in Eswatini. The prime minister extended this invitation during a meeting with the American Jewish Committee in New York,...

Most well-off East Africans revealed
So why are Ugandans the most angry? COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | When Ugandans are asked to evaluate their life based on quality of life, happiness, and fulfillment on a ladder with steps numbered from 0 (the worst possible life) to 10 (the...
“His Majesty the King commanded us to digitalize eSwatini”, Information and Technology Minister Savannah Maziya tells United Nations(UN) Member States.
By Musa Mdluli NEW YORK:Savannah Maziya, the Minister of Information, Communications and Technology(ICT) told United Nations(UN) Member States that His Majesty King Mswati, commanded them to digitalize and develop eSwatini. The Minister who is...
THERE’S NO OPPRESSOR IN ESWATINI
The country’s budget stands at E29 billion, and the annual wage bill is now fixed at E10 billion.ractically or effectively, government is left with a balance of E19 billion to procure goods and services to keep government operational. Government...