Two years before the general election, the government of Mauritius, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, has everything ready to try to revive one of Africa’s economies hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic while fulfilling a series of costly promises, adding a really extensive increase in old-age pensions.
The island nation of 1. 3 million people contracted by more than 14% in 2020, its biggest decline since 1980 aggravated by the worst fitness crisis in its post-colonial history. The hotel industry, the main source of foreign exchange in the country, specifically hit, with a contraction of tourism of 78. 6% in 2020 and an additional 21. 8% in 2021.