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As announced in our E-Alert on 6 June 2023, the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development (Minister of Finance) had previously tabled the Mauritian National Budget...

International trade transactions play a crucial role in the global economy, facilitating the exchange of goods and services across borders.

An investment fund in Mauritius is commonly structured as a public company registered under the provision of the Companies Act 2001 and licensed as a Category 1 Global Business Licence company under the Financial Services Act 2007.

Sub-Saharan Africa faces significant energy access challenges, with over 500 million people lacking grid connectivity. Mini-grids have emerged as a promising distributed energy solution...

Dr The Honourable Renganaden Padayachy, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development presented the National Budget 2022 – 2023, his third Budget on Tuesday 07 June 2022.

The Mastercard Foundation study on Africa as a jurisdiction for domiciling investment vehicles, analysed 13 African countries and found that 60% of Africa-focused...

The Mauritius Budget 2026/27 introduces major reforms to strengthen the country’s international financial centre, attract global investment and support business growth. Key measures include a new Golden Visa programme, changes to the Work and Live Scheme, fintech regulation, tax reforms, manufacturing incentives and enhanced compliance frameworks.

One recurring theme runs through the articles and news items published in this issue. That theme is the opening up of the economy, and it is indeed a compelling challenge for Mauritius, if we are to succeed in overcoming the difficulties inherent in the small size of our domestic market and in adapting ourselves to the exigencies of global competitiveness.

Small offshore jurisdictions are sometimes subject to negative public comments. One of the criticisms levelled at them is that they are tax havens, a term loaded with many undertones, such as being an ideal location for money launderers. Mauritius has had its share of such accusations, in spite of its having signed 34 avoidance of double taxation agreements (DTA) with other countries.

The Mauritian offshore industry was first launched in 1992 when it introduced the Mauritian Offshore Business Activities Act which governed the offshore financial services sector. There was also the appointment of its then regulator, the "Mauritius Offshore Business Activities Authority".

Mauritius used to rely mainly on its sugar and tourism industries, but the Government of Mauritius has sought to diversify and remains active in trying to develop new sectors to create growth...

Our Managing Director, Mr. Assad Abdullatiff, has been interviewed on the local newspaper providing his expert opinions on whether there is a possibility for Mauritius to be removed from the EU

The measures announced by the Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development in the National Budget 2022-2023 came into force on 02 August 2022 through the Finance...

Mauritius is now well known as an international financial services center for setting up and administering investment funds. Indeed as at 31 March 2007, more than US$36 billion were invested by Mauritius funds into equities globally, and principally in emerging markets.