Mauritius Finance Undertakes Roadshow on African Continent

From 7 to 11 September 2026, Mauritius Finance undertook a roadshow on the African continent to promote the Mauritius International Financial Center (IFC). On the itinerary were two of the largest and most dynamic economies in Africa, namely, Egypt and Nigeria. The objective of the roadshow was to showcase the Mauritius jurisdiction as a platform for asset management, wealth planning, and cross-border business.

Mauritius Finance reiterated not only the traditional advantages of tax efficiency, compliance robustness, and regulation maturity, but also underlined estate planning and virtual assets as emerging prized services. Other than asset management companies, pension funds and institutional investors, the Mauritius IFC is increasingly being selected as a base for trusts, foundations, and family offices.

According to the Central Bank of Mauritius cumulates USD 757 billion of GBC assets and USD 80 billion worth of assets under management (AUM). For 1H25, Mauritius saw nearly USD 4 billion of investments — FPI + FDI — transiting through its banks into the African continent.

At the financial year ending on 30 June 2026, the Mauritius IFC has 13,876 active Global Business Companies (GBC), of which 1,339 were new registrations during FY25-26. Nearly 50% of these GBC do business in Africa, while 31% do business with India, underscoring the strong financial gateway function linking India with Africa.