By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Defimedia
Airline Air Mauritius recorded a net profit of 78.63 million euros, or about 4.1 billion rupees, for the 2025-2026 financial year. After adjusting for three accounting items, including the revaluation of provisions and foreign exchange gains, it stands at 35.83 million euros, according to Defi Media.
The Mauritian government plans to renew 114 kilometres of water pipes with Indian funding of 2.9 billion rupees over two and a half years. The project is part of a programme to replace 1,500 kilometres of the network, according to Defi Media.
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Source: Defimedia ·
A 76-year-old retired woman reported a burglary at her holiday home to police in Baie-du-Tombeau, said to have taken place between 1 October 2024 and 28 October 2026. The stolen items are valued at 600,000 rupees and damage at 800,000 rupees, bringing the total loss to 1.4 million rupees, according to Defi Media.
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Source: Defimedia ·
Inflation in Mauritius could reach 5% by December 2026, after 5.7% year-on-year in September, according to SBM Insights and Statistics Mauritius. The rise is attributed notably to maritime freight, fuel, international tensions and tax measures, reports Defi Media.
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Source: Defimedia ·
According to Financial Gazette, the Comesa chairmanship, held by Zimbabwe until 2027, influences the business environment. The bloc has 21 states and more than 640 million people, but its intra-regional exports fell to about 13 billion dollars in 2025, from 18 billion in 2023.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Source: Financial Gazette (Zimbabwe) ·
Mauritian novelist Ananda Devi receives the Jean Giono prizeAnanda Devi, a 69-year-old Mauritian novelist living in France, received the Jean Giono prize on Tuesday for her novel "Chronique d’un royaume perdu", published by Grasset in August. The prize, worth 10,000 euros and chaired by Paule Constant, rewards a work depicting a community’s struggle in Mauritius, according to Defi Media.
In Djibouti, finance committee approves 2026 supplementary budgetThe Finance Committee of Djibouti’s National Assembly has issued a favourable opinion on the 2026 supplementary finance bill, after examining the state expenditure section with Budget Minister Isman Ibrahim Robleh. The text will be submitted to MPs in a public sitting, according to RTD.The week in Africa
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