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1. Interview: V. Bassant, Director of Cooperation & Infrastructure, Ministry of Finance & Economic Development, Mauritius

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   concretely help us to come together and involve the Bank in Mauritius’ future infrastructure and energy projects. Also, regional integration is important for Mauritius. We rely on the continent to accelerate our own economic development. Mauritius cannot grow if Africa’s economy stagnates. We therefore need to accelerate the pace of economic transformation in Africa. Question: The bedrocks of your country’s economy –…

2. AfDB Approves US$ 117 Million Loan for Mauritius Power Plant

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   27 June 2014 
All Africa The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on 25 June, 2014 a US$ 116.7 million loan to the Mauritius Central Electricity Board (CEB), the state…

3. Renewable energy: Mauritius wants to set standard

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   3 June 2011 Mauritius wants to set the standard in the domain of renewable energies in Africa. The Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, made this declaration at the opening of the African Presidential Round Table 2011, last Wednesday in Port-Louis, reports the Xinhua press agency. He indicated that Mauritius was aiming to reach its goal of obtaining 35 percent of its energy production from renewable energies within nine years, through the MID Project (Projet Maurice Ile Durable). "If Mauritius can depend less and less on fossil fuels, other African countries can do it too", added Navin Ramgoolam.…

4. Madagascar and Mauritius sign ICT cooperation agreement

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   15 March 2011 Mauritius and Madagascar are to collaborate in the domain of Information and Communication Technology and after signing a protocol of agreement, the Xinhua press agency reported March 10. It was signed by the Outsourcing & Telecommunications Association of Mauritius (OTAM) and the Groupement des opérateurs en technologies de l'information et de la communication (GOTICOM). The two groups are to pool their skills in order to work on the development of ICT in Mauritius and Madagascar and "to improve the quality and effectiveness of these services (…), promoting the exchange…

5. Mauritius to construct refineries using €15m EIB loan

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   5 February 2010 Mauritius is to use a €15 million (£13.1 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to construct two sugar refineries. The money forms part of a larger strategy aimed at ensuring the long-term viability of the island's sugar sector, which has an annual target of 600,000 tonnes. Omnicane will receive the funding and also use it for sugar storage and handling facilities. A…

6. Madagascar connected to submarine fibre optics cable

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   14 October 2009 The Madagascar “Lion” submarine cable is operational, as Michel Barré, Director of the France Telecom Group for East Africa, recently announced. All that now remains is for the legislation to be passed, authorising the cable to be put into action so as to provide high-speed Internet services for its users. Altogether, this project will cost 100 billion Ariary (49.1 million Dollars) to connect Madagascar to the SAFE submarine cable via Mauritius and Reunion. The investment has been made by a consortium formed by Orange Madagascar, Mauritius Telecom, and France Telecom SA. Mr. Barré also…

7. Session2-3 CEPA ICA AGM Presentation final1

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   (InfraVentures) •  International Finance Corporation Advisory Services in PPPs(IFC AS PPP) Country specific •  Central PPP Unit, Egypt (PPP Unit Egypt) •  PPP Unit, Mauritius (PPP Unit Mauritius) •  Nigeria…

8. Economic Brief - The Africa Infrastructure Development Index 01

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   countries of the AIDI in 2010 were Seychelles, South Africa, Egypt, Libya, Mauritius, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Cape Verde, and Botswana. Of these, five countries are in North Africa and three are Small…

9. World Bank Document

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   financing. Interested candidates include Malawi, Rwanda, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Lesotho, Uganda, DRC and Mauritius (IBRD). In the particular case of Mauritius, the activities may include submarine…

10. PowerPoint Presentation

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    Verde, 2008) Port de Conakry (Guinea, 2003) Kingston Container Terminal (Jamaica, 2000) Mauritius Container Terminal (Mauritius, 2004) Beira Corridor Project (Mozambique, 2009) Port Autonome de Pointe…