{"id":19193,"date":"2024-08-21T14:08:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T10:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/?post_type=newsroom&#038;p=19193"},"modified":"2024-08-21T15:58:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T11:58:07","slug":"us-business-summit-in-mauritius-kicks-off-with-high-level-engagements","status":"publish","type":"newsroom","link":"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/fr\/newsroom\/us-business-summit-in-mauritius-kicks-off-with-high-level-engagements","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Business Summit in Mauritius Kicks Off with High-Level Engagements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19193\" class=\"elementor elementor-19193\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-da572b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da572b1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6846a6e\" data-id=\"6846a6e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d0c394 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d0c394\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The inaugural edition of the U.S.-Africa Business Summit 2024 was officially launched at the InterContinental Balaclava Fort Mauritius, this morning, 21st August 2024.<\/p><p>This summit, a first of its kind in two decades has been jointly organised by the U.S. Embassy to Mauritius in collaboration with the Economic Development Board (EDB) and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham).<\/p><p>The event gathered around 200 participants comprising diplomatic corps from both Mauritius and U.S., government agencies, authorities as well as members of the business community, testifying the huge interest and appetite for both sides to enhance economic and bilateral cooperation.<\/p><p>Moreover, the event witnessed an impressive lineup of U.S. delegates including eleven leading U.S. companies, Abbott Laboratories, Ashipa Electric, Bioculture, Charles River Laboratories\/Noveprim, Citi, Fortinet, Lucy Consulting Engineers, Rife International, Talus, Titan Health, and Varian Medical, as well as the key U.S. government trade, financing, and development agencies, the Department of Commerce, the U.S. Development Finance Corporation, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, Prosper Africa, and Power Africa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0c7b1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a0c7b1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19211\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/17.jpg 800w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/17-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/17-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/17-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e52caed elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e52caed\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae39630\" data-id=\"ae39630\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54e6370 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54e6370\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In his special address, Dr. The Honourable Renganaden Padayachy, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning, and Development emphasised a significant opportunity for Mauritius and the U.S to further solidify some already strong economic, bilateral, and commercial ties.<\/p><p>The Minister of Finance gave an overview of the impressive growth in U.S. foreign direct investment in Mauritius which has reached USD 147.8 million in 2023 which bears testimony to the confidence of American investors are placing in the economy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f1d64b\" data-id=\"0f1d64b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d6613 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b8d6613\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/14.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19214\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/14.jpg 800w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/14-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/14-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/14-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ee1485 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ee1485\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/5-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9879e66 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9879e66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The recent setting up of Charles River, a leader in the pharmaceutical sector in Mauritius represents another milestone to the already impressive group of US investors who have successfully implanted their operations in the Mauritian jurisdiction over the last decades such as Ceridian, Concentrix, Microsoft and Fedex amongst others.<\/p><p>The Minister emphasised on the strategic positioning of the Mauritius IFC for Africa and the robustness of our financial ecosystem in facilitating global business operations. He highlighted that inward flow of funds through Global Business Companies (GBCs) reached USD 78.492 billion as of June 2023, highlighting our country&#8217;s attractiveness for international business operations.<\/p><p>The Minister further added that the network of Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (IPPAs) gives more credentials to the attractiveness of the jurisdiction and underscores the commitment to safeguarding investor interests.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b87f2fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b87f2fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a003688\" data-id=\"a003688\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c54126a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c54126a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Honourable Maneesh Gobin, Minister of Foreign, Regional Integration and International Trade highlighted that this summit symbolises the commitment of the US Government to do business in Mauritius and through Mauritius. He further underscored the importance and advantages of the Mauritius jurisdiction and business ecosystem. He also added that it is the most opportune time for US to do business with Mauritius and invited investors to tap into the various opportunities the country has to offer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d66a45e\" data-id=\"d66a45e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00c4dee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00c4dee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19207\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13.jpg 799w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/13-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-523d318 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"523d318\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In his opening remarks, the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius and the Republic of Seychelles, H.E. Henry V Jardine underlined the importance of Mauritius as a valued trade partner to the United States and reiterated the commitment of the U.S. to further enhance the relationship by actively seeking to expand in Mauritius in the near future.<\/p><p>H.E Henry Jardine underlined that more than 100 American companies and brands evolving across various sectors, notably, financial services, telecommunications, information technology, logistics, food processing, fishing, clothing, education, and consumer goods have invested in Mauritius.<\/p><p>Ambassador Jardine emphasized the importance of the summit in his opening remarks, stating, \u201cThis summit brings together leading American firms from sectors that the Government of Mauritius and our industry contacts have identified as priorities. We have no doubt that it will open new avenues for trade and investment, deepen commercial ties with Mauritius, and enable the U.S. private sector to access opportunities in this market.\u201d<\/p><p>He further added there are numerous opportunities for the business community here, and there are many success stories. As an example, Noveprim Group is a part of the U.S. biotechnology company Charles River, who is a lead participant at the summit. They are one of the largest sources of foreign direct investment in Mauritius and in this field, playing a critical role in developing the biotechnology sector for clinical research.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fce93f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fce93f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19201\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/7-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-07eb9ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07eb9ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-37c8093\" data-id=\"37c8093\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f328f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31f328f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In her remarks, Ms. Cynthia Griffin, U.S. Minister Counsellor for Commercial Affairs for Sub Saharan Africa region reiterated the U.S. Government\u2019s commitment, to further deepen engagement with Mauritius and to the greater continent of Africa has, for enhanced engagement on both sides of the Atlantic. She further added that \u201cWe are eager to continue fostering strong relations with countries like Mauritius, one of the most business-friendly and open countries in Africa, which is in a unique position as a gateway to both the African and Asian markets.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1889162\" data-id=\"1889162\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dbdbd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6dbdbd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/11-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19212\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/11-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/11-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/11-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/11-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75a1eb8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75a1eb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The summit also comprised panel discussions on market insights, showcasing U.S. expertise, and exploring potential partnerships in key sectors such as pharmaceuticals, healthcare, financial services, ICT, and renewable energy.<\/p><p>The 2nd day of the business summit will take place tomorrow, 22nd Aug 2024 and will comprise b-to-b meetings between the US companies and the Mauritian business operators.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d81dd42 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d81dd42\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-632e748\" data-id=\"632e748\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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