{"id":4250,"date":"2025-09-29T08:37:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:37:47","slug":"eswatini-needs-diaspora-skills-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/4250\/future\/eswatini-needs-diaspora-skills-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Eswatini needs Diaspora skills &#8211; King"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By King\u2019s Office Correspondents<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK, USA \u2013 His Majesty the King has invited emaSwati in the diaspora to come back home and work in the soon to be established industrial park and the strategic oil reserve.<\/p>\n<p>The King was speaking to a gathering of emaSwati students and those who work in the United States of America on Friday who had come to pay a courtesy call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kingdom of Eswatini is transforming and establishing critical industries that requires high-end skills and know-how of some of you who are now based in the diaspora and have been exposed to these industries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investors who have shown interest to set their businesses at home would require your expertise hence I am making this call. emaSwati back home would like to learn from your experiences, hence we are appealing to you to consider returning home to contribute to the nation\u2019s development,\u201d the King said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4256\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4256\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PAGE-3-His-Majesty-King-Mswati-III-posing-for-a-picture-with-some-locals-living-in-the-USA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">His Majesty King Mswati III posing for a picture with some locals living in the USA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said the United States is one of the advanced economies of the world, hence they must make use of the exposure whilst still working here.<\/p>\n<p>Former Eswatini Revenue Services boss and former Principal Secretary Dumsani Masilela and former Chief Economist Nonkululeko Dlamini-Magagula and Linda Hlophe are some of the about 40 emaSwati who work at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) holding very senior positions.<\/p>\n<p>The King reminded both the emaSwati students that they should always work hard and continue to be exemplary in everything they do by showing respect, which is a critical emaSwati virtue.<\/p>\n<p>His Majesty the King said they do not just want the emaSwati in living in the diaspora to return home just only to work, but they want them to open business that would attract huge turnover per annum running into millions of Emalangeni.<\/p>\n<p>He also challenged emaSwati to venture into investment in the tourism space, to position the country as a tourist destination.<\/p>\n<p>The King said people who visit Eswatini should be exposed to a variety of places other than just the cultural aspect.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4257\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-29-083649.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1191\" height=\"792\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome countries are not even endowed with natural resources like we do but do more and create interesting opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what we need to venture into. I witnessed signing of Memorandum of Agreement with huge companies like Google, Space company Stardust and the United Arab Emirates which are aimed at contributing to advanced technologies and place Eswatini as an innovation hub of not just Southern Africa but the continent at large.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to be amongst the most developed economies of the world, hence your contribution to the country\u2019s advancement is key,\u201d His Majesty the King said.<\/p>\n<p>The King said despite his tight schedule whilst attending the business of the United Nation\u2019s General Assembly\u2019s 80th Session, he was pleased to have found time to meet with emaSwati based here.<\/p>\n<p>Amongst the emaSwati students studying here who came to pay their courtesy call to the King were Samukelisiwe Tembe, a female pilot who is pursuing a Master of Science in Technology in Aviation Management and Human Factors and Temantimandze Shongwe, daughter to Teaching Service Commission Board Member Sibusiso Shongwe.<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"_df_book df-lite\" id=\"4239\"  data-title=\"\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumbtype=\"\" ><\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shongwe thanked His Majesty the King for saving his father, who was a former justice minister, when faced with difficult times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By King\u2019s Office Correspondents NEW YORK, USA \u2013 His Majesty the King has invited emaSwati in the diaspora&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,24,25],"tags":[46,73,48,49,58],"class_list":["post-4250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa","category-future","category-national","tag-africa","tag-eswatini","tag-feature","tag-human-interest","tag-national","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Eswatini needs Diaspora skills - King - Eswatini Daily News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/4250\/future\/eswatini-needs-diaspora-skills-king\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eswatini needs Diaspora skills - King - Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By King\u2019s Office Correspondents NEW YORK, USA \u2013 His Majesty the King has invited emaSwati in the diaspora&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/4250\/future\/eswatini-needs-diaspora-skills-king\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-29T06:37:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Eswatini Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/4250\\\/future\\\/eswatini-needs-diaspora-skills-king\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/4250\\\/future\\\/eswatini-needs-diaspora-skills-king\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Eswatini Daily News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\\\/edn\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a2e7ad908f0e6606cc49214ec19776de\"},\"headline\":\"Eswatini needs Diaspora skills &#8211; 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