As of Friday last week, International Business Machines (IBM) now has a regional headquarters in Mauritius.
Alain Campioni, a director of IBM, said: 'We have offices in Kenya, Ivory Coast and Senegal which are bigger countries than Mauritius. Yet we have decided to open our regional headquarters here because we want to support the Mauritian government's strategy to make of this island a pool of services and excellence in information technology and e-business.'
In explaining IBM's move to Mauritius, Mr Campioni cited Mauritius' recent efforts to attract IT companies to the area. Taken together with the available manpower and the country's bilingual status, he said: 'We think Mauritius has the potential to become an IT hub in the region.'
IBM, a leading multinational company which creates, develops and manufactures most of the world's most advanced information technologies, first set up office in Mauritius over 30 years ago but until now did not have a significant presence.
Within the last month, Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth has confirmed that Mauritius will become a free trade zone for the IT industry, saying: 'the year 2001 will be marked by the relaunch of the Mauritian economy. We want to make Mauritius an information technology free trade zone with digital parks.' He has visited India to strengthen IT and business links between both countries and provided Indian technology investors with permanent visas to Mauritius. India has also lent Mauritius a package worth US$1million to develop its global e-commerce strategy.
IBM's decision to base its headquarters in Mauritius is certainly a major step forward for the Mauritius government in its ambition to become a major IT and e-commerce centre which is looking increasingly likely to come to fruition sooner rather than later.
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