What works in Eswatini
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Evidence snapshot for Eswatini
Eswatini has pursued multiple digital inclusion and social protection initiatives over the past several years. Eswatini's Universal Access Fund has distributed over 14,000 subsidised smartphones and assistive devices to elderly people and people with disabilities, though internet usage remains at only about 58% of the population despite 95% 4G coverage, indicating a persistent affordability gap. The country's gender-based violence response organization SWAGAA recorded 1,172 GBV cases between January and May 2024, with roughly 85% occurring in domestic settings. More recently, Eswatini launched a pilot digital academy in July 2026 to train 50 women in AI, cybersecurity, and data science, though no outcome data yet exists from this nascent programme.
Drawn from: Universal Access Fund: Smartphones & Assistive Technology for Vulnerable Citizens · SWAGAA: Three Decades of Survivor-Centred Response to Gender-Based Violence in Eswatini · She Powers Africa Digital Academy — Eswatini's UAE-Backed AI, Cybersecurity and Data-Science Pilot · Royal Science and Technology Park — Eswatini's Legislated Innovation and Biotech Zone · SNPAS OECM Grants — Eswatini's National Payment Scheme for Community & Private Conservation Land · Nomfundo AI — Schools Online Foundation's AI Teaching Assistant in Eswatini Schools · Nomfundo AI — Eswatini Pilots an AI Teaching-Assistant Chatbot in Three Schools Amid Teacher-Union Pushback
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +55 pts 100 here · 45 average
Governance, certification & transferability +36 pts 100 here · 64 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Effectiveness +23 pts 100 here · 77 average
Impact on gender equality +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +16 pts 67 here · 51 average
Sustainability +10 pts 89 here · 78 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Weaknesses
Inclusiveness / equity -9 pts 33 here · 42 average
Equity & inclusion -11 pts 42 here · 52 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -14 pts 33 here · 48 average
Innovation level -16 pts 47 here · 63 average
Scalability & sustainability -17 pts 47 here · 64 average
Evidence of learning impact -20 pts 8 here · 28 average
Transferability / replicability -26 pts 33 here · 60 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -31 pts 0 here · 31 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration -42 pts 33 here · 76 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -50 pts 0 here · 50 average
Evidence of impact / measured results -59 pts 0 here · 59 average
Documented learning -74 pts 0 here · 74 average
Curator validation -74 pts 0 here · 74 average
Evaluated outcomes -85 pts 0 here · 85 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Eswatini. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Universal Access Fund: Smartphones & Assistive Technology for Vulnerable Citizens · 72
SWAGAA: Three Decades of Survivor-Centred Response to Gender-Based Violence in Eswatini · 59
She Powers Africa Digital Academy — Eswatini's UAE-Backed AI, Cybersecurity and Data-Science Pilot · 47
UNESWA AI Academy — University of Eswatini Certifies Educators in Generative AI · 40
Royal Science and Technology Park — Eswatini's Legislated Innovation and Biotech Zone · 33
SNPAS OECM Grants — Eswatini's National Payment Scheme for Community & Private Conservation Land · 33
Nomfundo AI — Schools Online Foundation's AI Teaching Assistant in Eswatini Schools · 27
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Eswatini concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
Copenhagen Business Hub (Erhvervshus Hovedstaden) · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Stadtidee Aarau — Switzerland's First City-Wide Participatory Budget Using the Method of Equal Shares · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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