Fellowship opportunity for researchers
With the world’s largest South-South PhD and post-doctoral research fellowship programme, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) helps early-career researchers to gain education and experience at top global science institutions. TWAS currently has over 370 PhD fellowships with 9 partners in five countries, and over…
Assessing fiscal sustainability in Swaziland
By Welcome N. Nxumalo and Nomvuyo F. Hlophe Understanding and assessing fiscal sustainability is essential in ensuring financial and macro-economic stability. Fiscal sustainability has emerged as an important subject for Swaziland given the increasingly volatile government revenues especially those coming through the South African Customs Union…
Arkansas Uni graduate intern shares fond memories of SD
Noussayma Njeim – who is concurrently studying for a Masters in Rural Development at the Universities of UGent in Belgium and Humboldt University in Berlin, as well as a Masters in Agricultural Economics at the University of Arkansas in the USA – has found a…
Visionary & transformative leadership needed to tackle youth unemployment
African leaders have been called upon to provide visionary and transformative leadership if African countries want to successfully tackle youth unemployment issues on the continent. Youth unemployment and what African countries need to do to tackle it was the priority issue discussed at the 5th…
Tourism, industry, and education identified as priority research areas
With the unemployment rate in Swaziland at an alarming high, it is no surprise that the public and private sectors’ priority areas for research is in sectors of the economy that can fast-track growth and development using more sustainable and innovative methods. These are some…
The crisis of African think tanks: Challenges and solutions
By James McGann, Landry Signé, and Monde Muyangwa African think tanks are under serious threat: Many of the credible think tanks have disappeared, and the survival of the remaining ones is at stake. In fact, at the first Africa Think Tank Summit in 2014 in South Africa, Dr. Frannie…
Quantifying the Living Wage in Swaziland: A Case of the Handicraft Sector
This study quantifies a living wage for rural and urban workers in the handicraft sector in Swaziland. It also compares the resultant living wage in between the two geographical areas. The study is interested in ascertaining the living wage in the handicraft sector because (1)…
Assessing the Impact of National Marketing Boards on Consumers and Producers’ Welfare
Food production in Swaziland has historically been insufficient, even after the introduction of National Marketing Boards. This is despite their mandate emphasised in the National Development Strategy (NDS) and Agriculture Sector Policy to develop smallholder agriculture through commercialisation, value addition and market access. The low…
The State of the National System of Innovation in Swaziland
Swaziland, in the National Development Strategy (NDS), aspires to achieve development through investments in science, technology, and innovation (STI). However, using innovation to uplift the country from poverty and tackle economic growth requires investment in research and experimental development (R&D), human capital development, and the…
Assessment of the Economic Costs of Electrical Power Outages in Swaziland
Electricity access has improved significantly since introduction of the National Energy Policy of 2003. However, challenges in electricity supply still exist due to the frequency of interruptions, which has resulted in harsh penalties and costs to the economy. In 2016, power outages cost Swaziland E700…