Eswatini Financial Times

Technology

Wall St stocks, dollar gain with data; Fed, earnings in the wings

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo By Sinéad Carew (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the…

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Eni mulls second floating LNG platform in Mozambique

Eni’s logo is seen in front of its headquarters in San Donato Milanese, near Milan, Italy. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo By Manuel Mucari MAPUTO (Reuters) – Italian energy company Eni SpA…

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Africa venture capital investments dipped slightly in 2022

A man poses as he displays the Flutterwave homepage on a mobile phone screen in Abuja, Nigeria. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Venture capital investments in Africa dipped slightly to…

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Cane growers opt for solar energy as production costs skyrocket

Sugar Cane growers are turning to solar energy. By Sifiso Sibandze Sugarcane farmers are caught between a rock and hard place as the costs of production continually soar and they…

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Asian shares, dollar wobble on caution before central bank meetings

Passersby are reflected on an electric stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan April 18, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks inched lower…

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What you need to know to use a drone in Eswatini

A drone taking off. Picture: Supplied By Khulile Thwala Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones, have become increasingly popular over the years, even in Eswatini. Originally developed through…

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African countries to trade in local currencies instead of Dollars under AfCFTA

The Dollar By Khulile Thwala The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is striving for the usage of local currencies in trade among countries in the continent. Secretary General of…

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Ubombo Sugar MD on Energy efficiency, renewables, resilience

SADC members states focusing on dealing with energy crisis in the region. By Nomsa Dlamini Developing climate-smart solutions to address issues in the power sector involves navigating an uncertain and…

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e-Commerce uptake is very low in Eswatini

The world has embraced the move to online shopping and eCommerce. By Bahle Gama The uptake of e-commerce is very low in the country with about 5.2 per cent of…

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RES Corp launches AI platform to bolster efficiency

Royal Eswatini Sugar Corporation By Khulile Thwala Eswatini’s leading sugar producer has acclaimed significant cost-savings and efficiency gains following a landmark deployment of SAP’s powerful S/4HANA Public Cloud platform. SAP…

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