eSwatini s economy risk crashing
The Kingdom of eSwatini is carving a path to a private-led economy. An economy at risk of crashing if it does not embrace crucial economic reforms. For a while now, the Kingdom has been struggling to attract investments. But the covid-19 pandemic seem to have presented the opportunity it needs to restructure the local economy. That’s why late last year, eSwatini unveiled an economic recovery plan to get it out of the woods.
The Kingdom of eSwatini is expecting big things from its ambitious post-Covid-19 economic recovery plan
Managers of this small landlord monarchy in Southern Africa are hopeful that the plan will jolt the economy into a much stronger one after the pandemic, compared to its neighbors in the region.
28 August 2016: King Mswati III attends the traditional Umhlanga Festival, also known as the Reed Dance, at Ludzidzini royal village in Lobamba, eSwatini. (Photograph by Ihsaan Haffejee/ Anadolu Agency/ Getty Images)
King Mswati III turns 53 today. Fresh from Sherbone School in Dorset, England, he ascended the throne at just 18, inheriting a system carefully built by his father, King Sobhuza II. Over the years, he has exercised control over the country, routinely quelling dissent and populating institutions with people agreeable to him and his policies across all three spheres of government.
Now, 35 years later, one institution – Parliament’s House of Assembly – is showing signs of independence, vigorously debating the government’s bills and notices to the point of rejecting some. But there is no official opposition in the house, owing to there being no political party representation. Instead, some members of Parliament (MPs) have formed a collective akin to one.
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Taiwan, U.S., Eswatini hold online talks on partnership opportunities
03/05/2021 08:51 PM
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Taipei, March 5 (CNA) Taiwan, the United States and the Kingdom of Eswatini jointly hosted a virtual Partnership Opportunity Delegation (POD) on Thursday, the first time Taiwan and the U.S. had expanded to an African country the cooperation model aimed at creating business opportunities in like-minded countries.
The three-nation POD event was convened in an effort to boost trade and economic exchanges and investment cooperation with like-minded partners, as the global economy has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release Friday.
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United States, Eswatini, and Taiwan Identify and Create Partnership Opportunities
The embassies of the United States and Taiwan in the Kingdom of Eswatini partnered with the Government of Eswatini to host a virtual Partnership Opportunity Delegation. The virtual delegation included business leaders from the United States and Taiwan who met with Eswatini Minister of Commerce Manqoba Khumalo. The event featured U.S. Ambassador [Designate] to Eswatini Jeanne Maloney, Taiwan Ambassador to Eswatini Jeremy Liang, the U.S. State Department’s Managing Director for Global Partnerships Thomas Debass, and Prosper Africa’s Managing Director for Africa Operations Brinton Bohling.