Includes typical use of agents and distributors and how to find a good partner, e.g., whether use of an agent or distributor is legally required
Last Published: 8/5/2019

Marketing U.S. goods and services has traditionally been accomplished through bases or agents in South Africa, although the use of an agent or distributor is not legally required.  The Foreign Commercial Service office at the U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg can help U.S. businesses interested in accessing Swati markets find agents and partners in South Africa.  In addition, the following organizations are available to help foreign businesses find distributors and partners in Eswatini:

  • The Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority (EIPA)

  • Eswatini Industrial Development Company (EIDC) can help finding partners.

  • The newly revived NIDCS now serves as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for investing on behalf of the GKoE. The revival also expanded the mandate by making the Corporation a custodian of GKoE investments including shares in various entities.

  • Swaziland Kirsch Industries (SWAKI) offers local expertise to foreign businesses on a diversity of projects and can help larger enterprises not yet represented in Eswatini establish retail outlets.


Eswatini Investment Promotion Agency
1st Floor North Wing, Mbabane Office Park, Building 1, Mhlambanyatsi Road
P. O. Box 4194, Mbabane H100, Eswatini
Tel: +268 2404 0470/2/3/4
Fax: +268 2404 3374
Eswatini
www.EIPA.org.sz

Eswatini Industrial Development Company
5th floor, Dhlan'ubeka House
P.O. Box 866 Mbabane,
Eswatini Cnr Mdada & Lalufadlana Street.
Mbabane H100, Eswatini
Tel.:        +268 2404-3391/5
Fax:         +268 2404-5619
E-mail: info@EIDC.co.sz
www.EIDC.co.sz

National Industrial Development Corporation of Eswatini
3rd Floor
North- west Wing
Sibekelo Building
Office Park
Mhlambanyatsi Road
Phone: +268 2404 3846 / 24042241
Fax: +268 2404 6096
Email: info@nidcs.org.sz
www.nidcs.org.sz

SWAKI
P.O. Box 1839
Manzini H100, Eswatini
Tel.:        (268) 505-2693
Fax:         (268) 505-2001
Email: info@swaki.co.sz

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