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Estimated growth of 5,2 % pour 2023 Après une reprise économique vigoureuse en 2022 et une croissance de 7 % du PIB, the State Bank of Mauritius estimates that this will reach 5,2% in 2023. The SBM emphasizes, however, that this performance could be affected by the deterioration of the international situation., in connection with the war in Ukraine. Son...

La Grande Île s’est appauvrie depuis l’indépendance Le produit intérieur brut réel par habitant de Madagascar a diminué depuis 1961, one year after the independence of the Big Island, confirmed an official document made public at the end of February. A Malagasy today is 41% poorer than a Malagasy in 1961, according to the Pact on Food Sovereignty and Resilience. The...

Tuna fishing : pour le maintien des DCP Les Seychelles ont voté début février contre une proposition de la Commission des thons de l’océan Indien (CTOI) to ban fish aggregating devices (DCP) for seventy-two days each year. The country considers that this measure would be too unfavorable to companies that fish with purse seine and....

L’extension de l’aéroport est lancée Un chantier de 13 millions d’euros a démarré en janvier à Mayotte. It consists of expanding the facilities at Pamandzi airport and bringing them up to new international standards for hold baggage screening.. Three additional check-in counters will be created, which will bring their number to 16. In total, 2 000 m²...

IBL en forte croissance Le groupe IBL a enregistré au deuxième semestre 2022 un chiffre d’affaires de 27 milliards de roupies (approximately 548 million euros, +23,5% in one year) and a net profit group share of 1,7 billion (around 34 million euros), against 1,5 billion a year earlier. However, the hotel activities of the main Mauritian conglomerate were....

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..