Eswatini

Eswatini is part of the Southern Africa regional project. The aim is to strengthen economic participation for all through cooperatives. A particular focus is on the digitalization of cooperatives, cooperative education and the further development of the cooperative financial sector.

Since 2021 Eswatini is a separate component of our regional project in Southern Africa. Funded by BMZ we strengthen the well-established cooperative sector of the country so it can realize its potential for inclusive and sustainable economic development.

We support the organizational development of the existing apex bodies, especially the National Cooperative Federation of Eswatini as their umbrella organization, so they can effectively support their members. Doing so, we put a special focus on cooperative education and audit.

Together with DGRV, ESASCCO, the apex of the cooperative financial sector, has taken on the challenge of digitalization. It is now able to offer its members the modern, cloud-based core banking system Mambu on a cost-covering basis and to support them in the introduction process.

The new Competence Center for Digitalization builds on this experience. It gives cooperatives in different sectors across Southern Africa access to digital solutions that correspond to their needs and their stage of development. Furthermore, it offers wholistic support in managing the change processes associated with digitalization.

In cooperation with our partners, we strengthen the economic, social and environmental sustainability of reference-coops through targeted trainings.