Indian Ocean Express

Coopération entre le CEB et EDF Réunion Dans le sillage de la visite d’Emmanuel Macron en novembre dernier, energy cooperation is strengthening between Mauritius and France, via Reunion. EDF Réunion and the Central Electricity Board are now involved in a strategic partnership which notably provides technical assistance from Reunion specialists in carrying out diagnostics,...

La Russie envisage l’ouverture d’une ambassade Lors d’une conférence de presse donnée le 20 janvier dernier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov took stock of his country's diplomatic progress in Africa. In 2025, Russia has opened three embassies on the continent – ​​in Niger, in Sierra Leone, and South Sudan. The...

Standard rating & Poor’s maintenue L’agence Standard & Poor’s Global Rating lifted the negative surveillance it had established in mid-October on Madagascar following the takeover of power by a junta. The risk of a payment default by the country then increased, but the return to calm has reassured the financiers. The country was able to honor the service of....

DS Automobiles, high end brand, aims to embody the art of French travel. New proof is given with the new DS No. 4, previewed by DS Automobiles Réunion on January 19. Long 4,40 m, large of 1,87 m and height of 1,49 m with antenna, DS No. 4 displays balanced proportions..

Ewa relance la ligne Dzaoudzi-Antananarivo Ewa Air a relancé la ligne Dzaoudzi-Antananarivo, last December 13, eight years after suspending it. The Mahorese company, Air Air Air subsidiary, operates two weekly flights between Mayotte and the Malagasy capital, Monday and Saturday. Tickets start at 499 euros for a round trip. The connection has been re-established seasonally,...

L’inflation s’accélère La hausse des prix de consommation s’est accélérée en fin d’année à l’île Maurice, to reach 4,5% in December compared to December 2024. However, some commodities fell, like rice or flour. Vice versa, fresh beef and frozen mutton recorded significant increases, a little less....

Orange Madagascar en fibre optique entre Tana et Majunga Orange Madagascar a inauguré début décembre 2025 une ligne de fibre optique de 558 kilomètres entre Antananarivo et Majunga, in the northwest of the country on the Mozambique Channel. Eight months of work were necessary to build this infrastructure. Orange Madagascar has a global fiber optic operator license ; in a...

Mayotte strives to assert its presence in regional relations, despite the solidarity shown by the islands of the region with the Comoros in the Franco-Comorian dispute. The 101st French department will have a representative within the French embassy in Mauritius, whose new premises were inaugurated last November in Telfair, near Moka, during the official visit..

A third French company on Paris-Mauritius ? Richard Duval, Minister of Tourism, expressed to the French specialized press his desire to open the Mauritian skies more widely to accelerate the resumption of tourist numbers in his country. Metropolitan France remains the leading tourist source market for the island, which could soon grant traffic rights on....

North Airport : premiers travaux en 2027 20 millions d’euros sont déjà débloqués pour permettre un lancement des travaux du futur aéroport du nord de Grande-Terre en 2027, announced at the end of October Christophe Masson, project manager at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The State has definitively given up on building the long runway that Mayotte needs to improve...