SADC Industrial Recognition: Eswatini Takes the Stage
At the 2024/25 SADC Quality Awards in Antananarivo, Eswatini’s private sector earned top honours across categories, affirming its growing stature as a regional player in manufacturing, export, and service excellence.
Award Winners Include:
Company of the Year (Large Enterprise): Eswatini Meat Industries
Company of the Year (SME): National Disaster Management Agency
Product of the Year (SME): Swazi Tiles Investments – Double-Roman Concrete Roof Tile
Runners-Up: Cerba Lancet (Service of the Year), RFG Eswatini (Exporter of the Year)
Certificate of Recognition: Rannah Investments (SME Excellence)
Minister Manqoba Khumalo commended Eswatini’s rising profile
“These awards are not just trophies they are signals that Eswatini is stepping confidently into its role as a quality-driven, industrially ambitious member of the SADC region. Our businesses are now regional benchmarks.” he said.
He stressed the dual importance of celebrating wins and deepening regional participation.
“We must not only showcase excellence but also shape the industrial future of Southern Africa. Through platforms like SADC Industrialisation Week, Eswatini is actively forging investor partnerships, accessing new value chains, and preparing to thrive in the energy transition and agro-industrial transformation.” said Khumalo.
He emphasized that, whether through coding bootcamps or factory floors, Eswatini is positioning itself as a country where innovation and industrialisation walk hand in hand.
Khumalo said with digital transformation embedded in national and regional policies, and youth innovation receiving tangible backing, the country is building sustainable engines of growth across both digital and physical infrastructure.
“As the continent moves toward a more interconnected and innovation-led future, Eswatini is proving that even landlocked countries can be regionally integrated, digitally enabled, and globally competitive,” he concluded.
