07/01/2020
Mauritius has a few known stores yet none provide the ability to order and pay online. This is because paypal and international payment gateways wont let Mauritians open a vendor account. Only a consumer account. The alternative is a Mauritian bank's payment gateway that is expensive. Needless to say, no one, not even the big stores, want to spend money on a technology which costs 3 to 5 times less abroad.
The question remains: If is known internationnaly as a financially clean, stable and transparent country then why are international banks blocking on this island?
Most importantly, with the pool of IT available in Mauritius, why has no one built a secured, affordable payment gateway yet?
Some argue that it is a collusion between big businesses and banks to keep the monopoly, others that Mauritian scammers would wreak havoc should online payment gateways be used.
Since large Mauritian groups are so selective in their recruitment process, and academics isn't for everyone, we encourage Mauritian artists and service providers to sell their catalog online. We thus urge the development companies that aren't tied to large groups to work together to provide independents and sole traders the payment (and Tools) they need to expand their activities.
Who will rise up to the ?