23 January 2019

Mauritius: How a small island nation became Africa's business champion


Mauritius has created an economy, government and business environment that outshines the rest of Africa. Now 50 years after independence, Mauritius’ rise has become a success story symbolic to the emergence of an entire continent.


After decades investing in Africa, Harry Sutherland put his money on Mauritius, which he says has the ingredients to become the Singapore of Africa.


As the world of offshore business evolves, so does Mauritius.From January 1, 2019, Mauritius ceased the issuance of its controversial Category 2 Global Business License (GBL2), which provided flexible conditions for managing and holding private assets in the country with full tax exemption.


A leading Mauritian provider of fiduciary, technology and financial services, Rogers Capital is the fintech arm of the Rogers Group, charged with developing emerging technology. Kabir Ruhee, CEO of Rogers Capital, tells us more about how financial innovation is set to impact Africa.


As the lead transaction adviser for Mauritius’ first London Stock Exchange listing,  AXYS believes this moment is a crucial step to further capital market developments on the Indian Ocean nation.

1 comment:

EweeeHacks said...

Mauritius has always been indeed a great leader and example for Africa nations.