Technology | Economy - Development
Mauritian bank deploys new ATM testing solution
afrol News, 19 August - Level Four, the leading provider of open standards-based ATM software, today announced that the Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) has successfully gone live with its ATM Developer automated testing solution. MCB is the largest bank in Mauritius and has an ATM estate of 146 machines. Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development
Mauritius to "eradicate absolute poverty"
afrol News, 2 June - The government of Mauritius, in its 2009 budget, announces a plan to eradicate absolute poverty on the Indian Ocean island state. The budget in particular aims at addressing the increasing unemployment rate associated with the global crisis.
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Technology | Science - Education | Economy - Development
Mauritius seeks stronger ICT sector
afrol News, 17 April - The government of Mauritius has announced it will develop a new national plan to promote the information and communication technology (ITC) sector, aiming at boosting the number of national companies involved in the sector and creating a new export industry.
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Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
New resort opens at Anahita, Mauritius
afrol News, 2 October - Mauritius is host to a new family resort that will expand tourists' adventure beyond clear long and hospitable sand beaches, offering a closer interaction with Indian Ocean island nature. Read more
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Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development | Society
Mauritius to introduce summer time
afrol News, 23 July - The government of Mauritius has decided that the island nation will introduce Summer (Daylight saving) Time, starting in October this year. Mauritius will be the first sub-Saharan African nation to do so, connecting the island more closely to tourist and business markets in Europe.
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Gender - Women | Economy - Development
Mauritius launches women-friendly budget
afrol News / Gender Links, 26 June - The recently approved national budget on the Indian Ocean island state Mauritius is seen as unique in an African context. It puts women and gender issues right at its centre of focus. Gender activists are thrilled as money finally follows policy statements.
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Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure
Air Mauritius loses out on high fuel prices
afrol News, 13 June - The national carrier of Mauritius has announced that, while this year's profits have been record high, prospects for 2009 are bleak. Next year's profits may plummet by 75 percent due to high fuel prices.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights | Society | Labour
Mauritius snubs labour laws
afrol News, 24 April - It has been discovered that the law and practice in Mauritius is in breach of the International Labour Organisation's core labour conventions ratified by the country.
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» 22.01.2008 - Illegal fishing ruins Mauritius
» 28.06.2007 - London again delays Chagossian return
» 26.06.2007 - First Mauritian govt budget to target women
» 03.05.2007 - Battle over sexual offences bill in Mauritius
» 23.02.2007 - Mauritius expects euro 828m from tourism this year
» 04.01.2007 - Mauritius expects less unemployed in 2007
» 10.11.2006 - Mauritian women sick of rape, incest, violence
» 05.06.2006 - Tourist arrivals up in Mauritius; disaster in Réunion
» 23.05.2006 - Pan-African e-network hub may go to Mauritius
» 27.04.2006 - Mauritius urges laureates to return home
» 06.04.2006 - Also Indian Ocean tourists hit by chikungunya virus
» 04.04.2006 - Evicted Chagos islanders granted short visit home
» 29.03.2006 - Mauritian Premier discussing sugar, textiles in France
» 07.03.2006 - Mosquitoes in Paradise: Chikungunya epidemic spreads
» 09.02.2006 - "Mauritius may triple tourist arrivals"
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