Eswatini Startup Ecosystem Report
Pinaco & Co and partners are spearheading a promotional Startup Ecosystem Report that will improve the narrative and perception of the Kingdom of Eswatini as an investment destination.
The report, to be distributed globally, will increase awareness of the Eswatini startup ecosystem, as well as its regional and global ranking. StartupBlink, an innovation economy research platform with more than 200,000 entities has been engaged as a potential partner.
StartupBlink’s Global Startup Map and Startup Rankings helps investors identify the best startups in 1 000 cities and 100 countries through its ever-growing database of over 120,000 startups, as well as startup unicorns, exits and the influential startup ecosystem stakeholders.
Objectives of the Eswatini Startup Ecosystem Report
- To give an overview of Eswatini startups by sector and their contribution to the wider economy.
- To provide empirical data on sector-by-sector status and performance of startups in the Eswatini Economy, targeting investors interested in collaborating with the ecosystem.
- To analyse main drivers and inhibitors to startup growth in Eswatini and suggest relevant remedies.
- To provide engagement and insights platform for the Government to interrogate and advance policy that promotes startups in Eswatini as drivers of economic development.
- To enable Eswatini to contribute to global data metrics on the startup ecosystem, thereby creating basis for a global investment case for the ecosystem.