Mbabane Smart City & 5G Project
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A $2m Taiwanese grant built Eswatini's first coordinated surveillance and 5G network in Mbabane — 50 cameras across the capital's intersections, live since May 2025, that later won Taipei's Best Smart City Project award.
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Backed by a $2m (E36-38m) Taiwanese grant, Mbabane's Smart City project (agreements signed March 2024, operations centre live May 2025) has installed 50 IP surveillance cameras at key intersections, four free WiFi zones and river-based disaster-detection sensors — and won Taipei's Best Smart City Project award in March 2026.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Mbabane Smart City & 5G Project” — Mbabane, Eswatini. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/mbabane-municipal-gis/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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