Mbabane – Eswatini’s Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Principal Secretary (PS) Prince Mshishimba Andreas Dlamini welcomed a Kenyan delegation on Tuesday to deliberate on science and technology talks.
Head of Mission, Ambassador Sunya Morongei Orre, led the Kenyan High Commission delegation, including the Education Attaché at the Kenya High Commission, Lucy Musau, on a three-day visit to the ministry.
Since Kenya helped Eswatini establish the Eswatini Research Council, both nations have strengthened their bilateral cooperation and the sharing of knowledge on issues of mutual interest in the ICT industry. 
According to PS Dlamini, Eswatini can benefit from Kenya’s scientific and technological expertise. He stated that Eswatini wants to learn from countries like Kenya, which have made advances in science and technology. He also stated that Eswatini’s scientific and technological growth is long overdue.
“We believe and hope that such a relationship between our two countries will be able to help us learn from each other.
Will help us leverage the advances each respective nation has made and therefore be able to be replicated and be used in the other country for our mutual advancement as people of the African continent. We find it empowering to our nations and countries that we don’t depend so much on the developed nations; however, we forge partnerships,” he said.
Kenya is known as the ‘Silicon Savannah’ of East Africa for digital technology and artificial intelligence, and it has a fully operational research center through its Kenya Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Eswatini wants to fully realize the Royal Science and Technology Park’s potential.
Furthermore, the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis hosted a training program for the Eswatini Economic Policy Analysis and Research Centre in 2023.
Last year, both countries strengthened their defence cooperation while continuing to trade and supported visa-free travel for their citizens within the Southern African Development Community.
The Kenyan delegation is scheduled to tour selected parastatals, including the RSTP, for more cooperation-related purposes. Ambassador Orre said Africa has educated people like in developed countries who can deliver technology solutions and that cooperation can lead to that.
“There must be knowledge sharing between our nations and a level of peer review so that we can keep ourselves accountable,” Ambassador Orre said.
