{"id":7878,"date":"2022-10-28T14:27:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T10:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/?post_type=newsroom&#038;p=7878"},"modified":"2023-01-12T15:21:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:21:36","slug":"mauritius-freeport-reaffirms-its-position-for-the-second-consecutive-year-as-the-leading-free-zone-in-africa-and-ioc","status":"publish","type":"newsroom","link":"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/newsroom\/mauritius-freeport-reaffirms-its-position-for-the-second-consecutive-year-as-the-leading-free-zone-in-africa-and-ioc","title":{"rendered":"Mauritius Freeport reaffirms its position for the second consecutive year as the leading free zone in Africa and IOC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7878\" class=\"elementor elementor-7878\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84ba1ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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worldwide in the Global Free Zone of the Year Award 2022.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 17px; font-family: Abel, sans-serif !important;\">These prestigious awards bear testimony to the position of the Mauritius Freeport as the region\u2019s leading free zone.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 17px; font-family: Abel, sans-serif !important;\">The Mauritius Freeport also received awards in the following categories:<\/p><ul style=\"color: #666666; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; text-align: start;\"><li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 17px; font-family: Abel, sans-serif !important;\">Highly commended for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa;<\/li><li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 17px; font-family: Abel, sans-serif !important;\">Highly commended for large tenants in Africa; and<\/li><li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 17px; font-family: Abel, sans-serif !important;\">Honorable mention for tenants\u2019 work in fighting COVID-19, leadership, digitization of services and logistics adjustment.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fe53486 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fe53486\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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multi-lateral trade agreements such as the CECPA with India, FTA with China, AfCFTA, COMESA, SADC, AGOA and EPA in order to tap into a market of nearly 70 percent of the world\u2019s population.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f4017a3\" data-id=\"f4017a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e542e94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e542e94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/edbmauritius.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ceo3-1024x1022.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7882\" 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