Ebony Accelerator is promoting Innovations in Mauritius

According to Xavier-Luc Duval, there is "a lack of innovators in Mauritius." He added that this project would help create "a community of innovators" and could become "a model for the development of young entrepreneurs" in the country.

Mauritius is far behind in terms of innovation, research and development globally. The 6th Global Innovation Index (GII) 2013 ranked Mauritius 53rd in the world. The country ranks 1st in Africa for innovation and the 85th position in research and development.

This classification is unsatisfactory, says Xavier-Luc Duval, who believes it is "important to have a sense of innovation" and a better system of research: "Mauritius has its human resources and we must encourage innovation. Minister Rajesh Jeetah is already dealing with this issue, but we want to make our contribution. We must find ways to make Mauritius a more productive country, efficient and where to live. "

Ebony Accelerator is a project Public Private Partnership (PPP), in partnership with Mauritius Telecom and specialists operating in the sector for technology development at the youth level. The concept is to provide a location and a platform for young software developers to propose new ideas. This is a room with an area of 4000 square feet in Orange Tower was chosen. This office space will be available in a year.

The project also has the support of world-renowned companies, including Hewlett Packard, Ceridian, Huawei, Cisco, Microsoft, PWC and DCDM Consulting. Challenge Code has also been launched with 133 participants who are competing for 28 hours.

Mauritius Telecom, according to its CEO, Sarat Lallah, available to these young entrepreneurs with the latest technology and fast connectivity of 10 Mbps. "Experts from Mauritius Telecom and sponsors guide youth. If software (Apps) is appropriate for the market, Mauritius Telecom encourage its customers to use, "he said. He took the opportunity to indicate that with the optical fiber, "connectivity will increase to 30 Mb."

But, he said, "there will be a price to pay." Minister Tassarajen Pillay Chedumbrum added that the proposed optical fiber has already been launched on a pilot basis in Port Louis, Ebony and Bagatelle Mall. To date, 550 homes are connected and "by the end of the year, 1000 will be the other residences." Earlier, Xavier-Luc Duval had also said he was "satisfied with the connectivity" MT.