Eswatini Mobile launched its commercial operations in 2016. Since then, the company has been ramping up investments to be more competitive in a market dominated by MTN. Telecommunications company Eswatini Mobile (ESM/Swazi Mobile) plans to invest 200 million lilangenis ($11.05 million) between April and December 2023 to improve its telecom network coverage in the kingdom....
Eswatini could benefit from a digital revolution, with the potential to drive sustained and inclusive economic growth and provide much-needed jobs to the country’s young workforce The digital economy offers Eswatini a range of opportunities to improve economic development and enhance public and private services, highlights a World Bank Digital Economy Diagnostic for Eswatini that...
Mobile network operators in Eswatini have been instructed to switch off access to social media sites as regional pressure ratchets up on King Mswati III to speedily deal with violent protests over his rule. Property and infrastructure is also being destroyed even after South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa dispatched special envoys on behalf of the...
Civil rights group, the Right2Know Campaign, has expressed deep concern over the internet shutdown in eSwatini amid ongoing political protests, and has called on South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation to intervene. According to the organisation MTN eSwatini confirmed that the organisation was experiencing “disruption to services as of Tuesday 29 June”. Right2Know...
Mobile operator MTN is being sued in Eswatini for cutting off Internet connectivity amid violent protests it the kingdom. This follows MTN’s announcement earlier this week that it was experiencing disruption of services in Eswatini amid violent protests in the kingdom. The Kingdom of Eswatini saw waves of protests and looting this week, attributed to...
Authorities in the Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly Swaziland), the last absolute monarchy on the African continent, have ordered network providers in the country to cut off access to the internet as nationwide pro-democracy protests rock the small landlocked country. Demonstrations against the country’s absolute monarchy began during the weekend, with protests turning increasingly violent seemingly...
MTN has issued a statement confirming disruption to its services and connectivity in eSwatini. IOL media reports that the Swaziland Youth Congress (Swayoco) has accused the country’s security forces of having killed at least 21 people during pro-democracy protests. MTN said that it is committed to restore services and connectivity as soon as possible. “Meeting our...
The Kingdom of Eswatini has made a U-turn on its earlier decision to join the US “Clean Network” programme, which was initiated by the former president Donald Trump administration to limit Chinese companies from accessing sensitive sectors such as cloud computing and 5G mobile networks. Last week, ITWeb reported that Eswatini had become the first African country...
Eswatini – formerly Swaziland – has become the first, and possibly last, country in Africa to sign a pledge to join the outgoing Trump administration’s anti-China “Clean Network” programme. The “Clean Network” agreement means Eswatini has agreed not to procure 5G network infrastructure from Chinese vendors, including Huawei Technologies, that the US alleges have links to...
