Indian Ocean Express

La pandémie a des effets sur la démographie Au cours des sept premiers mois de l’année 2021, 6,550 children were born to mothers living in Mayotte, i.e. 550 more births than over the same period of 2020 (+9,1%), indicates the latest demographic report from INSEE. This increase was concentrated in the months of February to July (+12 %)....

Réouverture des frontières dans un climat incertain L’île Maurice s’apprêtait fin septembre à ouvrir plus largement ses frontières aux touristes internationaux dans un contexte de flambée épidémique qui tardait à se résorber. Mi-September, the Minister of Tourism Steven Obeegadoo announced that the number of weekly commercial flights touching Plaisance airport would increase to 60, against 15 currently. Some...

Une centrale photovoltaïque à Desroches Une centrale photovoltaïque de 2,5 megawatts was inaugurated at the beginning of October in Desroches by the President of the Seychelles Republic. The installation now meets 90% of the electricity needs of this 4 km² tourist island, the largest in the Amirantes archipelago, which houses a luxury hotel of the Four Seasons chain. A...

CBo lance la construction du centre commercial de Combani Les travaux de construction du futur centre commercial de Combani ont commencé à Mayotte, ad CBo Territoria. They were entrusted to the Colas group by the Reunion company which is investing 23 million euros in the operation.. Commercial leases have already been signed with Carrefour (for a supermarket on 1,920 m2),...

Air Mauritius reprise par Airport Holding Ltd L’Etat mauricien a décidé de sauver la compagnie nationale, Air Mauritius, via Airport Holding Ltd, the public managing company, among others, from Plaisance airport. Historical partner of the Mauritian company, Air India, recently bought by Tata, has decided to sell its shares to AHL and Air France, also co-founder of Air Mauritius in....

On Madagascar : sauvetage en cours L’Etat malgache tente par tous les moyens de sauver Air Madagascar. October 13, the council of ministers supported the company's request, requesting “a collective procedure to settle his liabilities”. Air Mad's losses are estimated at 80 million euros and it faces debt of....

Port Victoria va s’agrandir Le projet d’extension et de réhabilitation du port de commerce des Seychelles a pris du retard, but it will succeed, recently assured the government of the country. The project will be supported to the tune of $35 million by the French Development Agency and the European Investment Bank., and 6 million by the European Union. The Seychelles...

Maurice, pays à revenu moyen Depuis le 1er juillet dernier, Mauritius has once again become a middle-income country, according to the World Bank classification, one year after its accession to “high-income country” status. According to the international institution, gross national income (RNB) Mauritian per capita was 10,230 dollars in 2020, down....

The glorious, réserve naturelle nationale Le France a choisi la date du 8 juin, oceans day, to transform the marine natural park of the Glorieuses archipelago into a national nature reserve. This classification “responds to France’s commitments and the responsibility it bears to protect the terrestrial and marine biodiversity of this fragile space., including more than....

Places to purchase : les petites surfaces ont la cote Les Mahorais effectuent 55% de leurs achats alimentaires dans les grandes surfaces, according to an INSEE study on 2018 figures. This share is significantly lower than in Reunion (77%) or in France (69 %). It has even declined slightly since 2011, for the benefit of smaller food outlets...