Washington, D.C – Ahead of the official opening of the 2025 IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings, the Eswatini delegation met in Washington, D.C. to finalize the Kingdom’s engagement strategy.
The delegation was led by Finance Minister Neal Rijkenberg, Dr Thambo Gina, Governor of the International Monetary Fund and Minister of Economic Planning, and the Governor of the World Bank Group. The internal briefing also included Principal Secretaries, senior government officials, and the World Bank Resident Representative for Eswatini, Ikechi Okorie.
The session focused on aligning Eswatini’s priorities to ensure that every engagement contributes to the Kingdom’s economic reform and development agenda. Officials discussed strategies to maximize the value of meetings with global financial institutions and strengthen Eswatini’s position in ongoing economic planning and reform initiatives. 
