Business updates

On Monday 7 September, the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) brought together members and representatives of several bilateral Chambers of Commerce present in Mauritius, including the Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie France-Maurice (CCIFM), the Indian Business Council (IBC), the Chinese Business Chamber and the Belgian Mauritian Business Club, for a session on the Budget 2026/27 and the Finance Act 2026, focused on how their effects will be tracked over time rather than a one-off review.

In his welcome remarks, MCCI Secretary General Dr Drishtysingh Ramdenee said that a regular monitoring tool is needed to measure how the Budget’s mitigation measures play out. That is the purpose of the Business Resilience Survey (BRS), launched by the MCCI and already gathering responses from member companies, which will feed monthly snapshots of the economy and directly inform the MCCI’s policy dialogue with the authorities.

“The more businesses share their input with us, the better we can carry a genuine picture from the ground to government level and adjust our advocacy accordingly,” Dr Ramdenee said.

Discussions also touched on better tapping into the Mauritian diaspora’s skills and networks, and on retaining talent locally, both raised as increasingly tied to the country’s future competitiveness. The MCCI said it will keep a regular rhythm of engagement with businesses and anchor the Survey to monthly updates on the state of the economy.