Family-owned businesses are increasingly seeking offshore banking solutions that offer wealth preservation, currency risk management, and access to global markets. By establishing a presence in Mauritius, a globally respected financial hub known for its strong regulatory framework and strategic trade agreements, businesses of all sizes can now benefit from a stable and favourable environment for […]
There is a shift in the region away from the traditional dominance of liberation parties such as the ANC in South Africa and Frelimo in Mozambique
StraFin Corporate has robust network of global partners, and Mauritius is strategically located at the crossroads of Africa, Asia and Europe
Fans are travelling to locations where their favourite shows are shot, and where their top artists perform
It seems they will be allowed to return home, but not everyone believes this will happen
Conservationists and a Mauritian fishers roll out a five-year project to replant seagrass — the ‘lungs’ of the ocean
Exploration has brought income inequality and poverty to people in Mauritius, Mozambique and Nigeria.
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, who served as the first female president of Mauritius from 2015- to 2018, has also had success in higher education, winning top awards in science
South African competition watchdog has approved Tongaat takeover – with conditions
The MV Wakashio, a Japanese-owned but Panamanian-flagged vessel, ran aground in July 2020, spilling more than 1,000 tonnes of toxic fuel into the pristine waters of Mauritius, coating mangroves, corals and other fragile ecosystems.
Untreated effluent from textile factories in in Lesotho, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mauritius and Madagascar pours into rivers, contaminating the water
Research by Afrobarometer has found that almost three in 10 respondents (28%) said they had paid a bribe in the past year
Young Indian Ocean islanders are turning to technology and creativity to find ways to generate work at home
Synthetic materials are effective in mopping up oil but human hair is cheaper and is biodegradable
The Standard Bank’s Wealth Report for Africa for 2020 shows that the continent’s wealthiest individuals worry about what impact volatile political environments will have on their wealth
The Wakashio freighter spilled 4 000 tonnes of oil into the sea off the Mauritian coast. Now the island’s residents are working together to recover from the disaster.
Global food companies avoid paying taxes by shifting profits around the world. Finance Uncovered reports on the case of Icelandic fishing giant Samherji’s operations in Namibia
The prolific interdisciplinary scholar who worked on the periphery and challenged Eurocentrism also drew attention to the El Niño phenomenon and global warming concerns in Victorian times
Despite containing Covid-19, it will be some time before normal life resumes — and some measures will be written into the law
A long-delayed flight to repatriate South African citizens from Wuhan will depart tonight and return on Friday the 13th, before a 21-day quarantine
The government is expected to evacuate citizens from Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak originated
Africans living in China want to be evacuated
Still fighting for their right to return home, exiled Chagossians are using football to unite a diaspora
Pope Francis this week exhorted the political leaders of Mauritius, known as a tax haven and enclave for shell companies, to promote policies that reduce income inequality and to reject “the temptation of an idolatrous economic model”, according to the National Catholic Reporter. In a visit to the country, the pontiff pointed to economic growth […]
Britain routed in UN vote on Chagos
The Indian Ocean archipelago has been at the center of a decades-long dispute over Britain’s decision to separate it from Mauritius in 1965
The Indian Ocean archipelago has been at the centre of a decades-long dispute over Britain’s decision to separate it from Mauritius in 1965
International Court of Justice finds that the Chagos Islands was unlawfully annexed
The 2018 African governance index was released this week. It’s not good news
Our readers write in about Chagos, Coca-Cola, and a new reader gives us feedback
London split off the remote islands from Mauritius in 1965, three years before Port Louis gained independence
‘We were like animals and slaves in that ship’