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Le câble Meta 2Africa arrive à Majunga Le câble optique sous-marin 2Africa, funded by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, was connected at the end of February in Madagascar, at Majunga. Nowadays, 2Africa is the longest cable in the world (45,000 kilometers). Leaving Great Britain, he goes around Africa and goes back through the Red Sea before....

Les Comores président l’Union africaine Azali Assoumani, president of the Comoros, was elected president of the African Union on February 18. This is the first time that a small island state of less than a million inhabitants has been placed at the head of the continental organization.. According to Le Monde, the Comorian candidacy benefited from active support from France. Despite the dispute....

L’insécurité affecte aussi l’activité portuaire Des bateaux écourtent ou annulent parfois leur escale au port de Longoni, staff refusing to go to the site at night due to the insecurity on the Mahoran roads. The Journal de Mayotte recently drew attention to this collateral damage of the deleterious atmosphere which reigns in the hundred and first French department....

Growth : +4,9 % espérés en 2023 La croissance économique devrait s’établir à 4,9% in 2023 in Madagascar, according to government forecasts in its finance bill. A previous forecast, at 5,5 %, was revised downwards due to an unfavorable international context. The Malagasy government has set itself the objective of limiting the budget deficit..

Premiers projets aquacoles Six licences de recherche et d’exploitation visant à lancer des productions aquacoles ont été accordées mi-décembre à des investisseurs privés. The Seychelles wish to ease the pressure on fishery resources in their waters while substituting local production for the importation of certain seafood products.. The species concerned by the first projects are cucumbers..

Tribeca Mall, nouveau centre commercial à Trianon Un nouveau centre commercial a ouvert ses portes à Trianon le 28 décembre dernier : le Tribeca Mall. Located opposite the cybercity of Ébène, it covers 80,000 m² and offers 3,500 parking spaces. Created by developer Hermes Property Ltd, the project brings together a 7,000 m² Winners supermarket and....

Inflation à deux chiffres La hausse des prix aux Comores atteignait 18,2% over one year, until November 2022, according to the country’s Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies. The double-digit increases also concern local food products (banana, manioc, tomatoes…) than imported flour or rice. According to INSEED, rising prices....

Air Seychelles va mieux La compagnie Air Seychelles n’est plus sous administration judiciaire depuis mi-novembre. She was placed under this status in October 2021, failure to repay the investors who believed in it when it was managed by Etihad Airways, at the time of its 40% shareholder. An agreement was reached with the creditors :...

La COI à la Cop 27 Une délégation de la Commission de l’océan Indien, led by its secretary general Vêlayoudom Marimoutou, participated in Cop 27, in November in Sharm el-Sheikh. She highlighted the specific needs of developing islands which, like Africa, are minimal contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, while Indianoceania...

Albioma inaugure un centre de stockage de l’électricité Le groupe Albioma a inauguré le 17 novembre à Longoni un ensemble de six batteries d’une puissance de 7,4 megawatts and a capacity of 14,9 megawatts/hour, powered by photovoltaic power plants during periods of strong sunshine. The installation already allows Electricité de Mayotte to call on power to inject it into....