ESCCOM BECOMES THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE NETWORK OF AFRICAN DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITIES

The Data Protection Act was enacted in March 2022. The obligation of this law is to regulate the collection, processing, transfer, protection, and storage of personal information. Perso ...

Eswatini Letter Writing Competition 2023

The Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Public Works & Transport has officially opened the National Letter Writing Competition for Young People in Eswatini. This initia ...

Assessment of Eswatini’s E-commerce Readiness

The Ministry of Information, Communications, and Technology and Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade in partnership with Eswatini Communications Commission (ESCCOM) and Africa Rise, ...

IS YOUR CELL PHONE GENUINE?

Every genuine mobile phone has a serial number to register it to a carrier network. This number is called the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. The IMEI number can ...

12-YEAR-OLD WINS NATIONAL LETTER WRITING COMPETITION

The National Letter Writing competition ended yesterday, as His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister presented the winners with their prizes in the presence of Cabinet Ministers, senior ...

BROADCASTING MONITORS PRESENT MONITORING EXERCISE REPORT TO EXCO

The Commission engaged 8 broadcasting monitoring officers to monitor the compliance of broadcasting licensees to the Broadcasting Code and Guidelines in March 2022. The officers compile ...

THE ICTAUS COMES TO A CLOSE, WITH A 95% RESPONSE RATE

The Eswatini Information Communication and Technology Access and Use Survey (ICTAUS) data collection phase has been successfully completed with a 95% response rate. This phase was sched ...

HANDOVER OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES TO THE DISABLED

On Wednesday 25 May 2022, the Commission handed over assistive devices to children with special needs. The event was held at the Mbabane Government Hospital and attended by some ESCCOM ...

A NEW DAWN! POSTAL AND COURIER SERVICES ARE NOW UNDER REGULATION

Following the recent adoption of the Eswatini Postal and Courier Guidelines, 2021, as well as the license framework for the sector, the postal and courier services in Eswatini are now f ...

Mobile wallets scams

There has been a high number of cases reported where Emaswati are being defrauded through bogus calls, false SMSes, false notifications, etc. promising help in securing funding through ...