The investment to realise that manufacturing potential is likely driven by serving local and nearby regional markets in contrast to North Africa (EU exports) or South East Asia (global exports and China relocation). Our relative scorecard uses the sa...

Each year in July, Mauritius hosts the Dodo Trail, an extreme 50km race that starts before sunrise at the foot of the famous Le Morne Brabant (pictured above), and crosses the peaks and tracks of south-west Mauritius with four major climbs and an ove...

We see SBMH delivering MUR447mn net profit this year; the key delta is higher risk costs due to Mauritius’ vulnerabilities to the global slowdown. Significant changes in the Board’s composition earlier this year (which saw more than half the members...

Covid-19 remains a significant economic challenge across the continent. This combination of factors is best demonstrated in Mauritius, the region's worst performer, where the FX rate has depreciated c10% ytd, Moody's sovereign credit outlook was down...

In 2006 I was an analyst on global technology equities. This would be unwelcomed for the investment case given the military’s continuing, overbearing indirect grip on the economy and the strain put on the fiscal deficit from Covid-19 disruption. Equi...

The risk of an overseas vacation is that we are forced into quarantine either on arrival or on return should we contract Covid-19 or venture to a country where policy is focused on lifting lockdowns, rather than minimising infections (see Death by Co...