With its population and endowed natural resources, Nigeria should ordinarily be an attractive hub for outsourcing.       While a few factors could be said to be in Nigeria’s favour, many more are glaringly negative. This has limited the full exploitation of opportunities offered by outsourcing, which have helped many countries in Asia and other parts…

Pope Francis is to visit flood-ravaged Mozambique and Indian Ocean nations Madagascar and Mauritius in September, the Vatican announced on Wednesday.

Pan African reinsurer, Continental Re has announced prizes for winners of the 2019 Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards. The Continental Re’s Journalism Awards aimes to boost insurance reporting in Africa by recognising and acknowledging business reporters.    According to the firm, the winners will receive cash prize, training and mentoring on insurance reporting and will also enjoy…

The Association of Stock broking Houses of Nigeria (ASHON), in an exploratory move, is seeking partnership with a leading Mauritius-based, information and communications technology ( ICT) company, Acoyvis Limited.      Acoyvis has proposed an international workshop for ASHON to address global best practices in technology governance, and the need to enhance oversight functions of board…

Given the very poor condition of fixed-line infrastructure in most markets, mobile Iinternet access as a consequence also accounts for between 95 per cent and 99 per cent of all Internet connections. The size and range of the diverse markets within Africa have contributed to varied market penetration rates between countries. By early 2018 the highest…

For those that want to see beauties of the world, very few places in the world fill the mind with wonder like Mauritius. With a large number of tourist attractions to choose from, here are a couple of places that are a must see. Mauritius Botanical Garden The Botanical Garden—formally known as Sir Seewoosagur Botanical…

Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has refused to resign, vowing to fight allegations that saw her embroiled in a financial scandal, the presidency said in a statement Wednesday.

Business confidence on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius rose to a record high in the last quarter of 2017, a survey of leading private companies showed on Thursday. The Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s quarterly confidence index climbed 8.5 percent to 123 points. The index increased 26.2 percent last year. “These successive increases…

Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth handed over power to his son Pravind on Monday despite anger from the opposition which has called for new elections in the island nation.

Two tries from Onoru Jato and one each from Christian Ogar and Obi Wilson, as well as Monday Omoregieva’s successful conversions and a penalty kick, gave the Nigerian national rugby team...

With the landslide victory of Morocco over Mauritius in their first game of the Africa Cup 1C, a member of the Nigeria Rugby team to the 2019 pre-World Cup qualifiers in Morocco

Captain Andre 'Dede' Ayew opened the scoring as Ghana triumphed 2-0 in Mauritius on Sunday to become the sixth qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.