On Tuesday, the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) organised a lecture on the theme ‘The future role of Africa in the international system’. This was delivered by Dr Armand Clesse, director of the Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies. In his speech, Clesse said that Africa is associated with many negative aspects [...]

IMF chief Christine Lagarde met Nigeria’s President on Monday on her first visit to Africa as head of the fund, with the trip to focus partly on potential fallout from the European debt crisis. Lagarde held talks with President Goodluck Jonathan after meeting finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a respected former World Bank managing director, and [...]

‘The validation meeting for mid-term evaluation of plan of action for the second decade of education for Africa’ was officially opened by the minister of Tertiary Education, Science, Research and Technology, Dr Rajesh Jeetah on Wednesday at Plantation hotel, Balaclava. The validation meeting, which will gather delegates from African countries, will be held from November [...]

In an effort to improve overseas sales, automobile major Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said it will launch its premium sports utility vehicle (SUV) XUV500 in South Africa on Friday, just a day after introducing the car in India. “XUV500 would be lunched in Johannesburg, South Africa tomorrow and within the next six months would [...]