Private Sector Sales Push: Eswatini Mobile’s chairman and CEO praised over 150 sales staff during quarterly refresher training at Inyatsi House, stressing customer-first service as the key to growth and private sector development. Retail Margins Strategy: Spar is leaning harder into own-brand labels to lift margins and regain momentum, with private label now a major growth lever after earlier integration gaps. Science & Innovation Drive: South Africa’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Blade Nzimande urged stronger S&T cooperation across Africa at Eswatini’s National Science Month launch, linking science to closing the digital divide and tackling climate, health and food insecurity. Regional Trade Governance: CTICC2 in Cape Town will host key SACU meetings, including the SACU Summit and Council of Ministers, as member states push customs and trade cooperation. Food & Climate Policy: Rural Women’s Assembly calls for women smallholder farmers to be central in food and climate policy, with Eswatini among participating countries. Digital Payments for Growth: MTN encouraged developers to use Mobile Money API tech to create new revenue streams, including in healthcare payments. Competition & Standards: Eswatini’s Commerce minister says ESCC and ESWASA must help SMEs compete fairly against large firms, including through better monitoring of acquisitions and contracted workers. Higher Education Cooperation: Eswatini and South Africa reaffirmed plans to deepen collaboration in higher education, research, innovation and ICT, including work toward a SADC University of Technology. Green Entrepreneurship: GreenCape’s Afri GreenPitch Challenge invites Eswatini green SMEs to pitch for funding to scale solutions in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, waste and water management.