AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoBanking & Finance: MPs want government to explore using EswatiniBank to manage selected public funds (subscriptions, supplier payments, SACU receipts) as part of a possible recapitalisation push, while stressing the Central Bank of Eswatini must remain government’s banker. Food Safety & Compliance: Commerce, Industry and Trade Minister Manqoba Khumalo says inspections will intensify after a Chinese restaurant at Corporate Place Food Court in Mbabane was shut over alleged non-conformance, including complaints about high-alcohol sales to young people. Industrial Investment: Eswatini Quantum Works (Turkmenistan) is set to build a E600m+ factory at Nokwane under the SEZ/RSTP to produce aluminium and copper cables for export, targeting about 200 jobs. Agri-Trade & Livestock Health: Agriculture Minister Mandla Tshawuka says Eswatini is in the FMD declining phase and is pursuing WOAH assessment for “free with vaccination” status to reopen meat exports to the EU and markets like South Korea and Taiwan. Regional Industry Links: King Mswati III urged Eswatini–Zambia cooperation on trade, mining, forestry and manufacturing, and called for stronger partnerships under SADC and the AU. Public Health Policy: MSF launched a campaign urging Gilead to cut the price and expand access to lenacapavir, a long-acting HIV prevention medicine, for wider use in low- and middle-income countries.
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