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View shows trucks queuing with sacks of grains at the grain market in Merkato neighbourhood of Addis Ababa © African Renaissance sees Ethiopian logistics as a key growth market. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

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Premium badgeAfrican Renaissance considers second East Africa venture capital tech fund

African Renaissance Partners believes venture-capital investment is set to take off in east Africa.

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Betting on Africa

Premium badgeAfrexinsure chairman K.C. Li: We’re on a journey to de-risk investments in Africa By providing innovative insurance coverage that hedges against investment risks on the continent, Afrexinsure will boost trade and infrastructure deve...
© US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, June 15, 2023. REUTERS

Island time

Premium badgeMauritius, Seychelles, Comoros: US boosts Indian Ocean presence amid rivalry with China The US is riding the tide across the Indian Ocean, opening up embassies in several countries while paying its highest-level visit to Comoros as the is...

top tech

Premium badgeNeobanks, mobile money… Africa’s future fintech leaders Among our 20 future tech champions, fintech start-ups are in the majority with six representatives. They offer neobanks, business management solutions...

Mauritius top stories

View shows trucks queuing with sacks of grains at the grain market in Merkato neighbourhood of Addis Ababa © African Renaissance sees Ethiopian logistics as a key growth market. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Problem Solvers

Premium badgeAfrican Renaissance considers second East Africa venture capital tech fund African Renaissance Partners believes venture-capital investment is set to take off in east Africa.
© Afreximbank (photo: Afreximbank)

Betting on Africa

Premium badgeAfrexinsure chairman K.C. Li: We’re on a journey to de-risk investments in Africa By providing innovative insurance coverage that hedges against investment risks on the continent, Afrexinsure will boost trade and infrastructure deve...
© US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, June 15, 2023. REUTERS

Island time

Premium badgeMauritius, Seychelles, Comoros: US boosts Indian Ocean presence amid rivalry with China The US is riding the tide across the Indian Ocean, opening up embassies in several countries while paying its highest-level visit to Comoros as the is...

Mauritius top stories

View shows trucks queuing with sacks of grains at the grain market in Merkato neighbourhood of Addis Ababa © African Renaissance sees Ethiopian logistics as a key growth market. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Problem Solvers

Premium badgeAfrican Renaissance considers second East Africa venture capital tech fund African Renaissance Partners believes venture-capital investment is set to take off in east Africa.
© Afreximbank (photo: Afreximbank)

Betting on Africa

Premium badgeAfrexinsure chairman K.C. Li: We’re on a journey to de-risk investments in Africa By providing innovative insurance coverage that hedges against investment risks on the continent, Afrexinsure will boost trade and infrastructure deve...
© US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, June 15, 2023. REUTERS

Island time

Premium badgeMauritius, Seychelles, Comoros: US boosts Indian Ocean presence amid rivalry with China The US is riding the tide across the Indian Ocean, opening up embassies in several countries while paying its highest-level visit to Comoros as the is...

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© Renganaden Padayachy, finance minister of Mauritius. Photo supplied.

Gateway to Africa

Premium badgeMauritius-China free-trade pact to lift post-Covid economic recovery, finance minister says China’s first free-trade agreement with an African country will help Mauritius to accelerate its post-Covid 19 economic recovery, finance minister Ren...
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Tough road

Premium badgeMauritius struggles to reset its economy post Covid With general elections just two years away, the government of Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth has its work cut out as it tries to revive one...
© Thierry Vallet, the Founding Executive and Acting CEO of AfrAsia Bank (photo: supplied)

triangular cooperation

Premium badgeMauritius: AfrAsia looks to capitalise on AfCFTA – CEO & founder Vallet Mauritius’ AfrAsia Bank announced that AFG Holding (AFG) had reached an agreement with the National Bank of Canada, IBL Ltd, and other minority shareh...
© Alain Law Min, CEO of MCB (photo: supplied)

downside risks

Premium badgeNigeria office will boost our energy projects in Africa – Mauritius Commercial Bank’s Alain Law Min The Mauritius Commercial Bank’s (MCB) cross-border activities have grown substantially over the years, with a cumulative average growth rate of roughl...
© Minister of Financial Services and Good Governance of Mauritius, Mahen Seeruttun. Photo taken from Mauritius IFC

EM gateway

Premium badgeMauritius IFC ‘critical to stimulate growth’ in Africa, says Minister Mahen Seeruttun The Mauritius International Financial Centre, which seeks to promote foreign investment and cooperation opportunities in the country, does not deny Af...
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Recovery

Premium badgeMauritius set for investment surge in multiple sectors – EDB CEO Poonoosamy Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mauritius should this year top MUR25bn ($565m) recorded in 2022, says Ken Poonoosamy, CEO of the Economic Developme...