Taipei – Prime Minister Russell Mmiso Dlamini and his delegation yesterday visited the Taiwan Stock Exchange in Taipei, where they exchanged knowledge and learned how the institution grew into one of the world’s leading stock markets.
During the visit, Dlamini outlined Eswatini’s national development agenda and His Majesty King Mswati III’s vision of turning the Kingdom into a developed nation. He said a strong and active stock exchange could help speed up that goal by drawing in major local and foreign investors, widening access to capital and creating more opportunities for businesses and citizens.
The Prime Minister also wanted to understand how the Taiwan Stock Exchange managed to build a strong investment culture among ordinary Taiwanese citizens, allowing broad public participation in the country’s capital markets and supporting steady economic growth. 
TWSE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sherman Lin welcomed Dlamini and his delegation and pointed to the existing relationship between the Taiwan Stock Exchange and the Eswatini Stock Exchange. The partnership was formalised through two Memorandums of Understanding signed in 2024, which set out cooperation in knowledge sharing, capacity building and institutional exchange between the two exchanges.
Lin and his team also walked the delegation through the TWSE’s development journey, including the strategies and market reforms that helped it become one of the world’s most successful capital markets.
The Taiwan Stock Exchange is currently the world’s fifth largest equity market, with a market capitalisation of about US$5.15 trillion. It records an average daily trading value of US$32.4 billion, while foreign investors hold 48.6 per cent of total market holdings, a sign of strong international confidence in Taiwan’s capital market.
On the sidelines of the 10th Ketagelan Indo-Pacific Forum in Taipei, the Prime Minister also held a bilateral meeting with U.S. Congressman Michael Thomas McCaul. The talks focused on matters of mutual interest between Eswatini and the United States, including both countries’ shared support for the Republic of China (Taiwan).
