Mbabane became Eswatini's smart-city pilot in 2024, when a roughly $2m Taiwanese grant funded the kingdom's first coordinated camera and 5G network in the capital's core intersections — modest in scale, but enough to win international recognition at Taipei's 2026 Smart City Summit.

All 1 project in Mbabane

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Compare with other cities

• 🇲🇦 Casablanca: Casablanca Urban Video Surveillance Network Both are camera-and-command-centre builds funded outside police budgets — Mbabane's by a Taiwanese grant, Casablanca's by its region.
• 🇨🇫 Bangui: Sub-Riverine Fiber Connection Ring Different donors, same continent: Bangui's fibre ring cost AfDB and the EU about $36M, Mbabane's project a $2M Taiwanese grant.
• 🇵🇭 San Fernando City: Smart City Phase II Control Center Both bundle CCTV, disaster sensors and connectivity into one small-city command centre — Mbabane's cost $2M, San Fernando's cost P220M.