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On the occasion of International Women's Day, March 8, l’Insee a compilé ses données les plus récentes sur les inégalités entre les hommes et les femmes à La Réunion. Elles sont encore marquées. Seules 45% des femmes habitant l’île ont un emploi contre 53% des hommes. In mainland France, les femmes accèdent davantage à l’emploi...

Pergola, collaborative resource platform for overseas sustainable buildings, was launched at the beginning of March. It is part of the Ombree framework, inter-Overseas program for resilient and energy-efficient buildings. The platform aims to pool the various local resources relating to buildings and energy savings, afin de créer une large communauté autour des professionnels de la construction...

L'Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques (Arcep) published at the end of February its study of the coverage of the Reunion territory by mobile telephone operators, based on data available as of June 30, 2022. It appears that 0,Only 9% of inhabited areas of the island are not covered by voice and SMS, and that 90,3 %...

The partners of the company and territory trophies, Competition organized by the CPME, revealed the list of 14 companies selected for the 2023 edition : Agonov (design and execution of metalwork, boilermaking and 3D printing), Arranged Blard (arranged rums), Crowdaa (application and website developer), Design Eco (recycled plastic distributor), Gao Shan Pictures (société de production...

After the defection of the metropolitan company CNIM in 2022, the Ileva mixed union, in charge of waste treatment for the intermunicipalities of the South and West, has just launched a call for tenders to find the builder and manager of the future Pierrefonds energy recovery unit. Despite the withdrawal of the CNIM (reprise par le groupe métropolitain...

L'an passé, 6,380 people living in Reunion Island have died, i.e. 630 more deaths than in 2021 and 1,310 more deaths than in 2019 (+25,9 %), according to INSEE. This increase is primarily explained by the continued aging of the population. : the large generations of the baby boom of the 1950s have been reaching old ages for several years now....

Recharged by the rise in world sugar prices since the start of the war in Ukraine, Tereos Indian Ocean is ready to put six million euros on the table to participate in the revival of the cane industry. Its general director Philippe Labro announced it on March 20 in the Reunion daily press.. The catastrophic result of....

Operator in Sainte-Rose, Béatrice Duchemann-Donnay won the national innovation prize in the 2022-2023 agro-ecology trophy competition, during the International Agricultural Show. Installed since 2015 with her partner, it produces undergrowth vanilla, certified organic lychees and palm kernels, on a concession of 4,75 hectares allocated by the Coastal Conservatory. The regional jury....

The number of files filed with the Reunion overindebtedness commission in 2022 is thus down slightly to 1,176 (-2 %) compared to the previous year. Il représente 51 % de la totalité des dossiers déposés dans les Départements etRégions d'outre-mer. The redeposit rate is still at a very good level, at...

The food bank network recently extended its survey into the consequences of inflation on purchasing behavior and use of food aid to overseas territories.. In the meeting, more than half of those surveyed (370 questionnaires used) was unable to increase his food budget. Inflation particularly impacts single people and single-parent families,...