Sectors of Investment
Manufacturing
- Technology-National Industrial Development Corporation of Eswatini (NIDCS) encourages investments into new industries with an emphasis on invention and innovation. These enterprises must be geared to bring into the market new types of industries, or be improving existing technology ventures. The Corporation therefore also support projects that have graduated from incubation stage under the Royal Science and Technology Park (RSTP).
- Green Energy Technology are identifiable current business opportunities – The sugar producing companies have ventured into energy production through biomass in an effort to reduce their electricity costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Now that the country is faced with electricity production challenges, the companies now plan to produce excess electricity and sell it to the national grid. One sugar company plans to build high pressure boilers to generate over 100 megawatts. The GCC region’s companies can have an opportunity to partner with these companies to sell renewable energy equipment.
- Large scale investments are being made in rail infrastructure and opportunities exist for equipment sales and service contracts in transportation.
- Franchising opportunities for businesses, such as restaurants and retail shops, are growing in Eswatini and have been successful in the past.
- Mining/Quarrying – The exploration of gold and industrial diamonds is in the pipeline. Eswatini is looking for investors in this sector.
- Electronics
- Biomedical
- Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing
- Chemicals
- Plastic and Paper
- Food and Beverages
- Clothing and Textile
- Infrastructure and Engineering
- Agro-Processing
- Food & Beverages
- Real Estate