John Esther is the new chief executive of the Sacos Group and he will officially take up the post on December 1, 2015. According to a communiqué from the Sacos Group, Mr Esther’s appointment is subject to approval by the Financial Services Authority. The commun...
TovábbSeychelles-EU ties take new heights The new ambassador and head of delegation of the European Union (EU) to Seychelles, Marjaana Sall, presented her credentials to President James Michel at State House yesterday morning. The President congratulated Ambassad...
TovábbRequest for Qualifications (RFQ) for a 4 megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in Mahé is now being tendered out for independent power producers (IPP). An IPP is an entity, which is not a public utility, but which owns facilities to generate electric power for sale t...
TovábbSeychelles’ ranking improves Seychelles has been ranked 95th out of 189 countries in the World Bank’s 2016 Doing Business report. As was the case in 2015, the latest report features a change in the way the scores are calculated leading the World Ba...
TovábbThe Minister for Finance, Trade and the Blue Economy, Jean-Paul Adam, has hailed the latest report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the Seychelles economy. The IMF has said Seychelles’ economic growth has been projected at 4.3 percent for 2015, up...
TovábbThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Seychelles’ projected economic growth to 4.3 percent for 2015, up from the predicted 3.5 percent indicated in March, citing strong tourist arrivals and expansion of credit to the private sector. The IMF state...
TovábbVivianne Fock-Tave is the new Seychelles ambassador accredited to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). She presented her credentials to President Xi Jinping in Beijing during a ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People. Ms Fock-Tave becomes...
TovábbAs a pioneer in modern piracy prosecution, Seychelles has got the opportunity to share its success story with other African countries wanting to learn from its experience. This was demonstrated this week through the visit of a delegation of police, judiciary...
TovábbPierre Laporte, the newly appointed chief executive of the Sacos Group Limited and former Minister for Finance, will soon be leaving Sacos to take a senior position with an international organisation, the company announced yesterday. “Mr Laporte is leaving S...
Tovább‘We are the sentinels of nature and the guardians of our oceans’ Mr President of the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr Secretary-General of the United Nations Organisation, Distinguished Heads of State and Gover...
TovábbSeychelles ready to take chairmanship Seychelles is now ready to take chairmanship of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia which coordinates efforts to fight against piracy in the region. This is what Foreign Affairs and Transport Minister Joël ...
TovábbWith Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) having in 2012 declared the Seychellois population as 99.06% literate after it had conducted the ‘Seychelles Integrated Adult Learning Survey’ (SIALS) in 2008, Literacy Day is sur...
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