Eswatini Auditor-General Launches Five-Year AI Modernisation Strategy

Eswatini's Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) has launched a five-year strategic plan aimed at modernising public sector auditing through artificial intelligence and automated technology, in a ceremony held in Ezulwini in August 2026.

Auditor-General Timothy Matsebula said the OAG Strategic Plan (2026-2030) provides a roadmap for integrating technology into public sector oversight to improve service delivery, value for money and institutional transparency. The plan urges the office's more than 80 audit officers to embrace digital tools to keep pace with changing public expectations.

Matsebula said artificial intelligence and automated technology are fundamentally changing how government accounting and auditing processes operate, and that the OAG intends to use these tools to strengthen its capacity to detect irregularities and improve the timeliness of audit reporting across government entities.

The strategy positions Eswatini's supreme audit institution alongside a small but growing group of African public oversight bodies experimenting with AI-assisted auditing, as governments across the continent explore how automation can be applied to public financial management.