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Un élu local condamné La Cour de discipline budgétaire et financière, sitting at the Court of Auditors on July 5, fined Daniel Zaïdani and Saïdi Issouf 5,000 euros, respectively former president and former general director of SPL 976, for having made payments in the absence of service provided within the framework of four...

Une nouvelle gare multimodale à Port-Louis Le Victoria Urban Terminal a été inauguré le 8 juillet dernier à Maurice, on the site of the National Transport Authority building and the former Decean barracks. This multimodal station, where passengers can move from “metro express” to city and intercity buses, also has a shopping center with around fifty....

Baisse de la production de riz Environ 4 millions de tonnes de riz ont été produites à Madagascar en 2021-2022, figure down 6% compared to previous harvests, according to the World Bank. Drought would be the main cause of this poor performance, which required a 15% increase in the volume of white rice imports (650...

The Seychelles economy is recovering, des incertitudes demeurent Les perspectives macroéconomiques des Seychelles sont favorables, mais des défis subsistent car les retombées du conflit russo-ukrainien devraient peser sur les soldes extérieur et budgétaire en raison d'une flambée des prix des matières premières, according to the head of the mission organized in Seychelles by the IMF in early May. Boriana Yontcheva I noticed that....

The Mahorean economy rebounded in 2021, selon l’Iédom « Après une année 2020 marquée par la crise sanitaire, Mayotte's economy in 2021 is part of a recovery dynamic, taking advantage, among others, of the revival of global economic activity and the optimism of economic players regarding growth forecasts”, writes the Issuing Institute of Overseas Departments in its report..

Le chômage des jeunes à la hausse Si le taux de chômage s’est stabilisé en 2021 à Maurice (9,1%, i.e. 48,400 unemployed) after the increase recorded the previous year, youth unemployment has increased, going from 26,1% at 27,7% in one year, selon Statistics Mauritius. The figures also show that unemployed women are generally more qualified than....

Le Club Export en mission à Tananarive Le Club Export Réunion a accompagné une délégation de chefs d’entreprise réunionnais du 17 au 21 mai à Madagascar. After two years without being able to travel to the Big Island, the 15 entrepreneurs of the delegation had the opportunity to meet their previously identified Malagasy counterparts, in B to B meetings. Meetings....

Le Covid-19 a réduit l’espérance de vie L’espérance de vie actuelle des Seychellois est actuellement de 73,5 years on average, according to the country's National Bureau of Statistics. It was suddenly reduced by 3,8 years under the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which contributed to 19% of deaths in Seychelles in 2021. The accuracy of the life expectancy estimate is...

15 hectares agricoles préservés à Kawéni Gamil Kakal, boss of the Cananga group, signed a free loan contract on April 19 with the town of Mamoudzou for a 15-hectare area located in Kaweni, in order to reserve it for agricultural uses for a minimum period of twenty years. During this period, the municipality will be responsible...

L’inflation de tous les dangers L’inflation pourrait atteindre 6,7% in Mauritius in 2022, according to forecasts from the Bank of Mauritius, who, however, feel that this figure could be exceeded due to current uncertainties, linked to the war in Ukraine. As of February 28 and over twelve months, prices increased by 5,2% in the country. Mauritian inflation...