On 17 November 2022, the University of Eswatini hosted a press briefing at Kwaluseni to announce that 12 students would travel to India to compete at the UNESCO-India-Africa Hackathon in Uttar Pradesh. Eleven of the twelve were UNESWA students; one was from Botho University. The team was accompanied by UNESWA lecturer Mr Banele Matsebula.
Sponsors of the trip: the India High Commission in Eswatini, UNESCO, the Indonesian Consulate in Eswatini, the UNESWA Innovation Centre, and the UNESWA Centre for Sustainable Energy Research.
The hackathon itself ran for 36 hours and addressed five thematic areas: education, energy, drinking water and sanitation, agriculture, and health and hygiene. See the UNESCO India-Africa Hackathon 2022 award for the team’s result.