Africa Mauritius
Mbeki: Energy, food security priorities for Africa
Mr Mbeki was answering a question during the African Presidential Roundtable at the Maritim Hotel in Balaclava yesterda
03 Jun 2011, business.mega.mu
CSO publishes figures on good governance
For the first time, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published its Economic and Social Indicators on Governance Statistics. In a previous survey done in terms of good governance in relation to other countries in Africa, the Mo Ibrahim Index had focused on four areas. These were Safety and Rule of Law, Participation and Human [...]
27 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
AFRITAC centre to be launched
The International Monetary Fund(IMF) will open an office, AFRITAC South, in the island next month. The regional offices for technical assistance are opened in Africa with the aim of strengthening capacity and to help reduce poverty. This technical assistance office was created by the IMF in May 2002. This office will cover 13 countries in [...]
26 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
FDI interest grows in medical tourism sector
The target of 100,000 medical tourists by 2010 was unrealistic and instead an annual growth of 25 per cent to reach 15,000 by the end of 2011 is a more realistic figure. Nitin Pandea who spearheads the medical tourism sector at the Board of Investment shared this on Friday. Pandea added that the nation was [...]
02 Apr 2011, The Independent Daily
Chagos : Lalit soumet trois propositions au GM
Dans le cadre de la constitution du tribunal d’arbitrage sur la Marine Protected Area des Chagos, annoncée officiellement vendredi par l’International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) des... Read more »
30 Mar 2011, KotZot
Neotown to be built at Les Salines
The long awaited Neotown project will be implemented in different phases including a hotel, heritage centre for tourists, luxury condominiums, boutique, marina club among others. The consulting team coming from Singapore, India, US and Dubai is led by the famous architect Andrew Fisher, in collaboration with the planners of the firm, Site Concepts. The logistics [...]
28 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
New protocol to change Internet services
The adoption of the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) will mark a very important change in the whole landscape of Internet in the African region. The African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC), one of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) in the world, held a press conference on Tuesday at its headquarters in Cybercity, Ebène [...]
09 Mar 2011, The Independent Daily
Mauritius Island is No. 1 for economic freedom
Mauritius has been ranked 12th in terms of economic freedom, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper in its Economic Freedom Index 2011report, which was released yesterday. Mauritius is ranked... Read more »
10 Feb 2011, KotZot