Economic recovery on the horizon for Mauritius through diversification, strengthened legislation and tourism revival.
Mauritius is a subtropical island country in the Indian Ocean, off the south-eastern coast of Africa. It is surrounded by coral reefs and is known for its beautiful beaches and lagoons. The mountainous interior includes Black River Gorges National Park, with rain forests, waterfalls, hiking trails and wildlife that includes flying foxes. The capital Port […]
Technology Media and Telecommunications Africa Quarterly E Bulletin
This e-bulletin highlights key legislative and regulatory developments in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. This issue covers the period 16 October 2021 to 15 January 2022 and includes developments from Botswana, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Botswana […]
Updates in the Mauritius Business Legal Framework
Article by Dev Erriah, Head of Chambers at Erriah Chambers – Mauritius The Mauritius government signed, on 29 October, an amending protocol to its 2011 income tax treaty with Germany to bring it into line with recommendations of the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project. The BEPS actions are designed to equip governments with […]
Delisting of Mauritius from EU list of high-risk third countries
Article by Dev Erriah – Head of Chambers, Erriah Chambers, Mauritius Mauritius is set to be formally removed from the European Union List of High Risk Third countries (the “EU List”) very soon following the meeting of the European Commission College of Commissioners on 22 December 2021. Following the de listing of Mauritius from the […]
Mauritius Premium Visa
Article by Dev R Erriah of Erriah Chambers, Mauritius On 23 October 2020, the Government of Mauritius announced the introduction of a new travel visa, The Premium Visa. Mauritius, which is famously known as the “paradise island”, has launched a Premium Travel Visa, valid for a period of one year, renewable, to welcome admired travellers seeking […]
The Paradise Island finally gleams on the whitelists as Financial Action Task Force approved
Article by Dev R Erriah of Erriah Chambers Mauritius At the conference which was held on the 19 to 21 October 2021, the Financial Action Task Force (hereinafter referred to as the “FATF”) consented to the eradication of Mauritius from the FATF Grey list. This resolution came after the recommendation put forward by the International […]
The COMESA Competition Commission’s increasing emphasis on competition enforcement and conduct cases
Article by: Pieter Steyn – Chairperson of LEX Africa, Director Werksmans Attorneys, South Africa The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) covers 21 countries namely Burundi, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Seychelles, Somalia, Tunisia Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The […]
New realities in Africa: Covid-19 and taxes
Ongoing economic pain wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic has put government revenue under a harsh spotlight. The likely direction to be taken by tax authorities in Africa in a post-pandemic era was discussed in a recent webinar co-hosted by LEX Africa and the South Africa-Nigeria Business Chamber. One disconcerting possibility raised was that revenue shortfalls […]
Africa joins the new space race
In the scramble to put ever-more small satellites into orbit, Africa is positioning itself to be in the big picture. The MIR-Sat1 launched by Mauritius in June 2021 became Africa’s 44th satellite in orbit around Earth. Two months earlier, Tunisia successfully placed its Challenge 1 among the rapidly growing constellation of African satellites accumulating and […]
Technology Media and Telecommunications Africa Quarterly e-Bulletin
Compiled by Wendy Rosenberg and Tebogo Sibidla of Werksmans Attorneys – South Africa. This e-bulletin highlights key legislative and regulatory developments in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. This issue covers the period 16 January 2021 to 15 April 2021 includes developments from Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, […]
