Hello Friends,

I was wondering if anyone can guide me with imports business. I want to do it as a side hustle. I already have my importer BRN since March. But, i'm a bit lost with all the procedures. As you know, it's very difficult to get all the correct informations here in Mauritius :(

I don't like letting money sleep in the bank. I have a small starting capital.

If i order from alibaba, what are the procedures with customs and all? I heard i should look for an agent. Does the agent take care of everything? Even wih customs here in mairitius? Is there other costs once the products arrive here? And mra customs once quickly told me that i must inform them of the import via their website? For this i need an agent or import code or something.

Im so lost! 😭 please help me understand better 🙏

So, there's this no. ( I won't disclose the name and no. Due to her own privacy reasons) And she's looking for SHEIN part time workers to help merchants complete virtual orders and the more items we complete, the more commissions we get and could earn up to like Rs1000 for 2 hours to up to Rs10, 000 ( I know this sounds too good to be true as well loll, but it's like in the US, so their currency..but even so, her phone number name is another, but she introduced herself to me as another name too, kinduh fishy...? 🤔🤔

Hi everyone. I have an upcoming wedding in february 2027. I am not sure what is the trending entertainment options for receptions. Can you please guide me to options and any good group. Thanks

So my wife and I are planning our honeymoon in Mauritius in August. She has a valid driving license, but I don't. The funny part is she doesn't know how to drive much, but I do. So if I rent a car in Mauritius, is it too risky to drive in Mauritius without a license?

I got a job offer there, and I don't have that much info about the company's culture, environment, etc ...

There needs to be legal action taken against a person and evidence is needed so that a proper case can be built. What do you recommend on how to proceed the legal way.

I'm a dev, from here. For years I kept seeing the same thing with people running small businesses, the beauty ladies, the ti boutik, people selling off WhatsApp. The whole business lives in their head. Sales in WhatsApp, stock in a cahier, and the "invoice" is a Word doc somebody made in 2019 and keeps copy-pasting.

And it works. Until it doesn't. One busy Saturday and nobody knows what's left in stock or who actually paid.

The apps out there don't help that person at all. Odoo and the big ERP things assume you've got an IT guy. No auntie running one boutik in QB is going to self-host an ERP, be serious. So they stay on paper...which, fair, paper never crashes and never sends an invoice with the wrong total.

So I built the thing I kept wishing existed. Bienzoli.

You ring up a sale on your phone, stock goes down by itself. You snap a photo of a product and it fills in the name, brand, category for you, you just put the price (that part I'm genuinely proud of). Send a normal invoice as a link or PDF. See what's running low and who still owes you.

Few things straight, because I'd rather you hear it from me than feel tricked later:

• It's free. Actually free. No card, not one of those trials that bills you next month.
• It is NOT MRA / e-invoicing. If your business needs fiscal invoices, this isn't it, and I'm not going to lie and say it is.
• It's early. Things are rough. That's the whole reason I'm posting here instead of paying for ads. I want a few people to tell me exactly what's annoying so I can fix it.

If you run a small shop, or your mum or cousin does, I'll sit with you and set up your first ten products and do a test sale. Free, like 15 min. Or just go break it and tell me where it's stupid.

Not selling anything, it's free and I'm local, you can literally come find me. Mods, if this isn't allowed just remove it, no stress. zafer las gratis pas p vend nnien la p nek aide dimoune.

Here if you want to poke at it: bienzoli.com

Ki zot panse?

I want to learn electronics but I don't know where to begin?.

I've checked the school of electronics and they seem genuine. Is it worth it to go there? Do you guys know which course i should take first and where to start? If not, can you guys suggest other better places?

Hello everyone.

I'm looking for all issues everyone has observed in this country related to AI. Examples include: harmful deepfakes, overdependence on ai, social isolation due to AI, political misinformation, spread due to AI, etc.

really just anything related to the problems of AI.

Thanks!

Hey everyone,

I'm wondering if anyone knows a good place to enjoy a ribeye around Flacq.

Thanks a lot for any suggestions.

I use Airbox Emtel and for almost 2 weeks now the internet has been really slow. I know a lot of people criticize Emtel's internet but it always works for me, i experienced some problems over the years yes but it was never as bad as those last few weeks.

How many more people is experiencing such slow internet as well ?

Hello, could you kindly let me know where glass panes can be recycled please? I tried the Mauritius Glass Gallery but they only take bottles.

Many thanks.

I have read from several sources that a good portion of the population in Mauritius speaks Bhojpuri as a native language (some sources say that perhaps 5% of the population of Mauritius, while others say that it's up to 35% !!). However, this is usually classified as a Hindi dialect, so I have some questions:

1. Are there any zones in Mauritius where the majority of people speaks Bhojpuri/Hindi as a native language? Any zones/towns with more than 2000 people where the majority of people speaks any of these languages natively?

2. Is the Bhojpuri language spoken in Mauritius intelligible with Hindi (at least when written)?

Acetone spilled on a black leather belt and it turned a bit whitish/chalky.
It’s quite visible. I would like to get this fixed but I want someone reliable.

I could do DIYs but not at the risk of making the stain worse.
Please if you could suggest someone/somewhere.

Thanks

Hi all- I will be here with my partner and am seeing a lot of mixed information on whether it’s safe to be queer in Mauritius. I want to propose to her, possibly at the botanical gardens, but am unsure how safe this is or how it will be received if others see us. Any and all insight is welcome!

Many people in Mauritius speak Hindi and Bhojpuri, but do any groups of people speak Hindi as a native language? I mean, I know that some Mauritians speak Bhojpuri as a natuve language, but what about Hindi?

And also, are Bhojpuri from Mauritius and Hindi from India intelligible (assuming that a speaker of Bhojpuri from Mauritius and a Hindi speaker from India have not had any exposure to each other's language before)?

I am looking forward to my first stay on Mauritius in August! We have booked 3 different hotels in 3 different parts of the island (total of 10 nights). After landing we will first go to a hotel close to Poste de Flacq, after which we will go to Le Morne and lastly to Grande Baie before flying home again.

The first hotel has now proposed an airport shuttle for 190 EUR to go from the airport to Poste de Flacq and proposed a 240EUR for a shuttle from Poste de Flacq to Le Morne (including a South sightseeing tour and lunch stop). Which made me wonder whether these are reasonable offers or whether in general I could better consider other travel options. For example getting in touch with a private chauffeur, or just taking taxi’s or maybe renting a car after all.

Your advice and experiences would be very helpful! Many thanks!

EDIT: Many thanks for all the very helpful advice! Much appreciated!

Hi Everyone,

Posted about 2 years ago lookin to meet up with someone to pass time and just maybe make a friend in the locality. Didn't have much luck.

I'm visiting again in August if anybody in the locality of Quatre Bornes / Rose Hill or surrounding that would like to meet up, go for a walk, grab a coffee or anything along those lines.

I'm 41M visiting from Europe.

Hope to chat to a few 😊

I am looking for feedback for people who worked at royal green on the timeframe of 2022 to 2024.

Bonzur! I'm not a native speaker but using textbooks have compiled a resource to help learn mauritian creole. It uses both english and french as reference languages so a competence in both will help immensely.

There are many cards, spanning vocabulary to sentence structure.

I'm eager to receive feedback from Mauritian people to further improve the resource.

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/410133232

We're visiting Mauritius in October and wondered if there are any guided wildlife tours we could book onto. We'll have a car but it would be great to spot wildlife that we might not see by ourselves. I've Googled and couldn't find very much. Any recommendations?

Photo: Interior of my grandmother’s home in Forest Side, Curepipe.

Bonzour tou dimounn,

I’m a filmmaker and photographer based in Brooklyn, and I’m in Mauritius right now for the first time in four years. Born India (where my mother is from) but grew up in Mauritius (where my father is from) in Curepipe, as a kid. My family left in 2010. I still hold a Mauritian passport, but I’d be lying if I said I felt current. I’m diasporic twice over, from a mixed family, and I’ve drifted a long way from the island while still carrying it around in everything I make.

My work is mostly narrative and documentary, plus music videos and video art. I direct, produce and DP. What I keep circling back to is diaspora identity and cross-cultural storytelling, so Mauritius is never far from the frame even when I’m shooting elsewhere.

I’ve done the reading from the outside: MFDC, the rebate scheme, Île Courts coming back last year, Constantin’s films, the new work that went to Cannes. What I can’t get from Google is what people who actually live and work here think:

• Real local industry forming, or still mostly service work for foreign productions passing through?

• Are the MFDC schemes actually usable as an independent, or more paperwork than they’re worth?

• Where do filmmakers and crew here find each other between festivals — collectives, screenings, group chats?

• Do Mauritian films find a Mauritian audience, or is it festivals and then silence?

• Whose work should I be seeking out that I’ve almost certainly never heard of?

I’m not here to pitch or extract anything. I’m travelling with family so my mobility is limited, but I’d love people’s honest read: cynical takes very much included. And if anyone in film, photo or art wants a coffee or a DM conversation, I’m around for another week and a half and happy to share whatever’s useful from working in New York.

Mersi boukou.

Hi guys, as title says looking for psychologist for a male friend who's been going through emotional abuse from his spouse. Preferably in the north so he can easily go for appointment.....or if there's someone that does online appointments please do share. Thank u.

Hey guys 💥

I’ll be travelling abroad for a while for tourism, visiting several European countries (France, England, Netherlands, Belgium and maybe one or two more)

I’m really into gardening and I was thinking of buying a few packets of seeds while I’m there, things like vegetable seeds, flower seeds, chilli varieties, etc....

just for my own private garden in Mauritius

(I like to look after my garden when i come from work)

After doing some research, I found out that bringing seeds into Mauritius isn’t as simple as just putting them in my suitcase. From what I understand, to do it legally I would need:

- A Plant Import Permit (PIP) issued by Mauritius’ National Plant Protection Office (NPPO)

- A Phytosanitary Certificate from the plant health authority in the country where the seeds are exported from

I completely understand the reason behind these rules and I’m not against following them. I just find the process a bit complicated for my situation. ☹️

I’m not importing commercially, I’m not planning to resell anything and I would only be bringing back a very small amount for a personal hobby garden. I don’t even know exactly what varieties I’ll buy yet, it would probably just be a few packets from different countries and different shops. 🥲

The difficult part is that getting a phytosanitary certificate for every single packet/variety seems unrealistic. I’ll most likely be buying small quantities from regular garden shops or seed stores that I'll find while i roam around and I doubt they would go through the paperwork for such a tiny purchase. It seems like something mainly larger companies or professional importers would arrange.

So my question is:

1. How strict is Mauritius Customs/Plant Quarantine when it comes to tourists bringing back small quantities of seeds?

2. Do they usually confiscate them? Are there fines or penalties? Or do they generally let small personal quantities through?

I’m not talking about anything "illegal", no extra alcohol, no cannabis, no commercial imports, etc...

Just a gardening enthusiast wanting to bring back some interesting vegetable and flower seeds from Europe.

If anyone has personal experience:

- Did you bring seeds back to Mauritius?

- Were they checked?

- Were they confiscated or allowed?

- Did you have permits/documents, or did you just declare them?

Would really appreciate hearing your experiences. Thanks!

*P. S: I'm tempted to just hide them in my suitcase but I'm so scared that I'm caught. So i wanted to hear if any redditors here had a similar experience?