Indian Ocean Express

L’inflation ralentit Le taux d’inflation mauricien était estimé à 7 % fin décembre 2023 par Statistics Mauritius, against 10,8% a year earlier. The rise in prices of everyday consumer products slowed down significantly at the end of the year : 0,Only 1% in November and less than 1% in December. Le groupe Medine lève près de 30 millions d’euros Le...

L’aide à l’enfance manque de moyens Dans un rapport d’audit sur le coût de la politique d’aide sociale à l’enfance à Mayotte, the regional audit chamber points the finger at “the lack of accounting and budgetary rigor of the Department, which distorts the reading of financial information and the functional distribution of personnel costs between maternal and child protection..

IBL toujours en tête du top 100 Notre confrère Business Magazine a publié récemment l’édition 2023 du « top 100 Companies »,ranking of Mauritian companies in terms of turnover. The IBL conglomerate retains the lead, with a turnover of 54,1 billion rupees at the end of the 2022-2023 financial year, increasing by 20,2 %. The CIEL group remains its...

Tax heavens : le pays à nouveau sur liste noire Les ministres des Finances de l’Union européenne ont réintégré le 17 octobre dernier les Seychelles sur la liste noire des paradis fiscaux, qu'elles avaient quittée il y a deux ans. Sixteen countries currently make up this list, mainly island microstates, but also Panama and Russia. This blacklist....

Andry Rajoelina en tête de la présidentielle Au lendemain du premier tour de l’élection présidentielle malgache, which was held on November 16, and even before the results are announced, the outgoing president had every chance of retaining his chair. Ten of the thirteen candidates ultimately called for a boycott of the vote. According to very fragmentary results, the official figure of....

Projet de waterfront à Victoria En préparation depuis plusieurs années, the waterfront development project in Victoria, the Seychelles capital, is in the implementation phase. Several dozen project leaders presented offers, which will be selected by the end of the year with a view to starting work in 2024. The Seychelles government is giving itself five years to finalize..

CBo inaugure le centre commercial de Combani Le centre commercial de Combani, in the center of Grande-Terre, opened its doors on October 5. It houses a Carrefour supermarket covering almost 7,000 m². (operated by the GBH group), Mr-Bricolage brands, C'TAM (operated by the Cananga group), as well as a shopping mall with 15 stores. La crise de l’eau s’intensifie Confrontée à...

La fréquentation touristique au beau fixe L’île Maurice a accueilli un peu plus de 892 000 touristes par la voie des airs au cours des neuf premiers mois de l’année 2023, figure up very sharply compared to 2022 (636 000), when the health crisis was still having its effects on international travel. However, the country's attendance has not....

Campagne présidentielle sous haute tension Initialement prévu le 9 novembre, the first round of the Malagasy presidential election has been postponed for a week. The decision reflects the high tension preceding the election, for which thirteen candidates are in the running. But only Andry Rajoelina is campaigning, the others protest against the multiple liberties taken with the constitution by the president..

Lack of water, le Forum économique des îles reporté La pénurie d’eau historique qui frappe Mayotte depuis plusieurs mois a des conséquences en cascade. The Indian Ocean Islands Economic Forum, which was to be held in November in the 101st French department, is thus postponed from April 17 to 19, 2024 “taking into account the water restrictions which affect our territory”,...