Royal Science and Technology Park

The Royal Science and Technology Park (RST) is a public enterprise whose function is to foster the conception of inventions and facilitate their patenting and help knit various elements of the R&DRST  cluster together. RSTP provides a focal point for research, facilitate the links between research and industrial communities and stimulate the development of knowledge-based businesses through the incubation of techno-preneurship and high-tech enterprises.

RST serves to: 

• Stimulate and pursue research on the commercialization potential of indigenous plants and animals
• Enhance sustainable use and protection of environmental resources
• Explore trade opportunities that exist for Swaziland's nature-based production in the local, region and global market.
• Create opportunities for the employment of local people and for local business entrepreneurs to participate in harnessing the country's natural resources and benefit from its commercialization and trade
• Enhance the contribution of research to economic and social development across all relevant areas of public policy including agriculture, health, environment and the marine and natural resources
• Increase participation in the sciences by young people and attract tourism and eco-tourism development