February 06, 2023
Mauritius: Competition Agencies - About Non-Compete Clauses in Employment Contract
On 5 January 2023, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to prohibit employers from entering into non-compete clauses (clause de… Read more »
February 02, 2023
Mauritius: Adi Teelock - "The drains they built became waterfalls and flooded houses"
People in charge have stopped reflecting and asking themselves 'what are we doing wrong?' In many parts of the world, people who have a responsibility to make sure that floods are… Read more »
Mauritius: The price of silence
Amid the sad news of floods, closed schools, dry taps and the resulting wrath of the population which have been jostling for the headlines recently, a short piece of news about the… Read more »
February 01, 2023
Mauritius: Mairead McGuinness - "No member state from the EU is immune from being listed"
After being the "bad guy" in the eyes of the international financial services community for failure to fight money laundering and terrorism financing and being subsequently… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Mauritius: 11 Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa offices named as top employers in global ranking
Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa has seen the number of country offices represented in the Top Employer Institute's Top Employer rankings rise from nine to 11. The increased… Read more »
January 23, 2023
Mauritius: How the cases of Boolell and Mohamed vs. Phokeer are raising all-new questions...
Labour party MPs Arvin Boolell and Shakeel Mohamed have legally challenged the speaker Sooroojdev Phokeer at the Supreme Court over their previous suspensions from the National… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Mauritius: Presidential pardon - A moral disaster
One wonders what is more indecent: the pardon extended to the son of the commissioner of police or the citizen being treated as an insignificant idiot given the opacity within… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Mauritius: Chagos - Are we seeing an attempt at using the 'falklands option'?
Chagossian groups in the UK are attempting to throw a spanner in ongoing talks between London and Port-Louis over the future of the Chagos. The latest is a legal notice sent by… Read more »
Mauritius: Inflation - Cost of cheap money
As the era of artificial growth and individual prosperity reaches its limits, the dour realities of the hard-knock life hit home. Read more »
Mauritius: Traditional Ayurveda - A way of life
Many of us have started this new year with a bag full of resolutions, hopeful to find a better version of ourselves and our lives on the other side. Maybe you have decided to quit… Read more »
January 12, 2023
Mauritius: Dip Kid and the Justice System
Alright, alright! We have heard the argument time and time again and we have now come to anticipate it at every debate. The Commission for the Prerogative of Mercy (CPM) exists in… Read more »
January 09, 2023
Mauritius: Jean-Luc Mootoosamy - Most of the people I have spoken to are not happy
We start the year with a conversation with a colleague, Jean-Luc Mootoosamy, who gives his opinion about what he sees happening in the country from the vantage point of a member of… Read more »
January 08, 2023
Mauritius: The corruption problem in Mauritian prisons
This week kicked off with news that some prison officers at Beau-Bassin prison are under investigation for allegedly working with a drug trafficker inmate. The news only highlights… Read more »
January 05, 2023
Mauritius: Oh, I feel good!
"There is a feel good factor in the whole country!" The words fell from the prime minister's mouth effortlessly. It must have felt so natural and so obvious to him and to those who… Read more »
December 29, 2022
Mauritius: Happy New Year, Prime Minister
In a couple of days, we will be waving goodbye to a year that has been hard for a large chunk of us and looking forward with anticipation to the New Year. And since hope always… Read more »
December 16, 2022
Africa: US-Africa Summit - The 3D approach
The odds of global recession are increasing as the Ukraine war escalates. A collapse in one region will augment the odds of collapse in the others. The World Bank's comprehensive… Read more »
December 14, 2022
Africa: US-Africa Summit - When dictators, semi-autocrats and democratizers flock together
As African leaders and their hand-picked delegations are packing their luggage to fly to Washington, D.C., it is important to emphasize that US officials are fully aware that… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Mauritius: US-Africa Adapting to New Realities
A broad range of issues will be on the table, from 13 to 15 December, in Washington, D.C., at the second US-Africa Leaders Summit. Apart from climate change, and its impact on food… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Africa: Africa's perpetual challenge
The USA-Africa Summit is mostly based on the recognition that "Africa will shape the future not just of the African people, but of the world." This is the official US perspective. Read more »
Mauritius: Election petitions - Why Navin Ramgoolam and Suren Dayal were fighting two different issues?
The December 13 deadline for Labour Party candidate to send his case to the Privy Council is nearing. As the latter has announced his intention to appeal the rejection of his… Read more »
Mauritius: State of the economy - 10 points to ponder
On the economic side, what has gone so wrong that the economy has fallen in complete disarray, despite what Pravind Jugnauth and Renganaden Padayachy have been - and are still -… Read more »
October 03, 2022
Mauritius: Global Warming - why Mauritius already has a climate migration problem
While world headlines are focused on climate change-induced disasters and displacement of populations, it is easy to ignore how Mauritius is struggling to come to grips with its… Read more »
September 19, 2022
Mauritius: Politics - the rise of Pravind Jugnauth
The Labour Party's Arvin Boolell, on September 11, stated that it was the Labour Party that led to the creation of Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth's political career. How true is… Read more »
September 15, 2022
Mauritius: Covilen Narsinghen - "When people start being afraid of the government, that is a clear sign of autocracy."
"Many people are calling for change but this is not the time for a revolution. We need to first get back to a fair system where things work, elections are genuinely free and fair… Read more »
September 13, 2022
Mauritius: What Mauritius should expect from the new government of Liz Truss
Liz Truss has become the new prime minister of the United Kingdom, replacing Boris Johnson. What can Mauritius expect from her new government, and why is it even less likely to… Read more »