{"name":"Applied AI in Eswatini — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Eswatini, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/eswatini","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Eswatini","slug":"eswatini","iso2":"SZ","region":"Sub-Saharan Africa"},"counts":{"entries":7,"deployments":3,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":2,"regulation":2,"industries":4,"countries":1,"linked":7},"entries":[{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Eswatini","org":"University of Eswatini (UNESWA)","text":"Generative AI training programmes at Eswatini's UNESWA AI Academy produced 480 graduates in 2026. 350 completed Mastering Generative AI for Professionals and roughly 130 finished Generative AI for Educators, out of over 570 sign-ups for these applied AI skills courses.","date":"2026-09-26","source":"https://eswatinipositivenews.online/480-participants-complete-uneswa-generative-ai-programmes/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Eswatini","org":"Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology (Eswatini)","text":"Eswatini's Ministry of ICT has hired a consultant to draft the nation's first National AI Strategy. Minister Savannah Maziya announced this at a regional validation workshop in Ezulwini, calling it timely for building a framework guiding AI adoption and development, alongside a parallel COMESA-led regional initiative.","date":"2026-09-16","source":"https://eswatinipositivenews.online/eswatini-seeks-responsible-ai-use-through-national-strategy/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Eswatini","role":"Treasury professional","org":"SBS Bank Eswatini","text":"SBS Bank Eswatini runs treasury work on Intellect Design Arena's eMACH.ai Treasury platform, an AI-powered banking treasury tool covering money markets, foreign exchange and fixed-income securities at 100% automation. Automated SWIFT messaging cut manual effort by 90%. The move backs growth from building society into commercial bank, after a provisional licence from the Central Bank of Eswatini.","date":"2026-08","source":"https://times.co.sz/40957/business/sbs-bank-goes-live-with-emach-ai-treasury-platform/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Eswatini","role":"Tax auditor","org":"Eswatini Revenue Service (ERS)","text":"Eswatini Revenue Service will trial AI tax audit risk detection across a 12-month span, singling out suspect filings for deeper checks. Brightwell Nkambule unveiled the push at the 4th Annual ERS Client Appreciation Day, calling AI-driven tax return risk flagging backup for auditors rather than their replacement.","date":"2026-07-11","source":"https://eswatinipositivenews.online/compliance-by-default-ers-unveils-bold-12-month-digital-transformation-plan/"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Eswatini","org":"Judiciary of Eswatini","text":"Eswatini's judiciary became Africa's first to run a pilot AI and electoral justice training for judges, with the Africa Electoral Justice Network. Sessions covered deepfakes, disinformation, digital evidence and remedies for election disputes tied to artificial intelligence, drawing on the AEJN Toolkit on AI, Elections and Electoral Justice.","date":"2026-05-23","source":"https://www.judiciary.org.sz/news-article?id=14"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Eswatini","org":"Eswatini Communications Commission (ESCCOM)","text":"Broadcasters in Eswatini face an AI deep fakes broadcasting crackdown from their regulator, with ESCCOM demanding ethical, transparent handling of the technology to stop misinformation from wearing down public confidence. ESCCOM CEO Mvilawemphi Dlamini framed the message around responsible broadcasting principles, adding that a forthcoming commission framework aims to shield citizens without smothering AI-driven innovation in the sector.","date":"2025-11-21","source":"https://times.co.sz/28313/news/esccom-issues-ai-warning-on-deep-fakes/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Eswatini","role":"Healthcare worker","org":"Ministry of Health, Eswatini","text":"Eswatini's Ministry of Health, with the Taiwan Technical Mission, has installed AI eye screening equipment for diabetic retinopathy at six sites: Mbabane Government Hospital, Piggs Peak Hospital, Mankayane Hospital, Raleigh Fitkin Memorial Hospital, Dvokolwako Health Centre and Emkhuzweni Health Centre. The AI-powered diagnostic system for diabetic retinopathy flags diabetes-related retinal damage, speeding diagnosis to cut preventable blindness in rural areas.","date":"2025-08-07","source":"https://swazi24.com/20702/news/health/six-hospitals-in-eswatini-roll-out-ai-eye-screening-tech/"}]}