Seychelles

The OSC announced the new membership of its Small Business Advisory Committee (SBAC).

Chase in Seychelles is first known example of hunting in wild by creature thought to be herbivore

Broadband network and digital services offered in Seychelles will soon get a boost from a new cable system that will be leased by Seychelles-based telecommunications provider Intelvision Limited with support from IFC. IFC's support to Intelvision, which provides data, Internet, and Internet-based voice services as well as pay-TV, includes an up to $10 million loan from its own account and an additional loan of $10 million mobilized from partners under the Managed Co-Lending Portfolio Pro...

In the face of impending climate change impacts, and the pressing need to build resilient ecosystems, a community based group called Anse Royale Watershed Committee joins together to restore mangrove ecosystems on the Anse Royale (Seychelles) coast to reduce their vulnerability and alleviate further impacts of the climate crisis. Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands located on the east coast of Africa in the Western Indian Ocean. Highly dependent on tourism and fishing as pillars...

The coronavirus has killed six fully vaccinated people in the Seychelles, which is suffering heightened Covid-19 infections despite inoculating a greater proportion of its people than any other nation. Of those, five had taken Covishield, a version of the AstraZeneca vaccine made in India, and one had been given Sinopharm.