Mauritius

The Digital Lab On the Go project, an initiative of the Mauritius Digital Promotion Agency, today addressed some 175 elderly people at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Recreation Centre to discover cutting-edge technology and improve their quality of life

A group of organisations, which support the right to social security, praised the Mauritius government for its decision to extend the universal child allowance, called Contribution Sociale Généralisée, for another year, from July 2024 to June 2025

A workshop on the Central Electricity Board Agrivoltaics Scheme, which aims to promote national energy and food security objectives, opened in Long Mountain

A workshop focused on defining national priorities for harmonisation with the Codex Alimentarius, or 'Food Code', was launched by the Minister of Agro-Food Industry and Food Safety

126 housing units are to be built by the National Housing Development Company Ltd in Wooton, Curepipe, to meet the population's need for housing, particularly for young people, the elderly, the needy

Dmytro Kuleba and Maneesh Gobin, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mauritius, signed a visa waiver agreement during the first visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to Mauritius since the establishment of bilateral relations in 1992

A workshop was held at the Mauritius Research and Innovation Council on the results of the project to improve access to financial products through a multilingual virtual assistant with artificial intelligence

54 caregivers from residential care institutions and shelters received a vocational training programme organised in cooperation with the National Social Inclusion Foundation

The new Disaster and Climate Change Management Manual provides a basic understanding of Mauritius' national agencies involved in disaster management and climate change action

A Music Hall in Pamplemousses was inaugurated by President of the Republic Prithvirajsing Roopun, an initiative of the Pamplemousses Village Council in cooperation with the Council of Elders

In line with the government's vision to promote renewables in the electricity mix to 60% by 2030, a 20 MW grid-scale battery energy storage system was inaugurated at the Amaury substation

The Rapor Lortograf Kreol Repiblik Moris was launched, an updated and revised version of the first Report, published in 2011 and based on the spelling and grammatical rules of the Creole language in the Republic of Mauritius