Manish sez, “The island paradise of Mauritius plans on being the first island with end-to-end WiFi coverage. They just flipped the switch on the first phase.”
The government “wants to create a cyber-island but they haven’t changed their regulation and infrastructure enough to create the climate,” Rahim said. If Mauritius doesn’t act quickly, he warned, it may well see its cyber-island idea stolen by competitor countries…
Still, Mauritius’ courts have shown signs of holding the government to its competitiveness policies, which may ease the way for future investors.
“If any investor had called me three months ago and asked about investing, I would have told them to go somewhere else,” Rahim said. Now, he said, “you have to come in with open eyes and an African mentality of patience, but if you persevere you can get results.”
(Thanks, Manish!)