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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Post Brexit, many companies in the UK consider distributed teams overseas as an alternative to the shrinking talent pool and high recruitment costs in Britain. Similar to the Seychelles, Mauritius is a tourism nation. Kenya: Youth Fund Targets Young People in Business Start-Up Loans Plan.

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Make ‘Em Say Wow: 11 Tips For Building A Strong Service Team

YoungUpstarts

When I worked with Air Mauritius to kick off its service revolution , they started by addressing the communication problems in its dysfunctional culture, which manifested as bickering, finger-pointing, withholding information, etc. It cost me hundreds more to buy a ticket and use the voucher. Big mistake. I wrote in to complain.

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The 4-Star Turnaround: How A Struggling Island Airline Revolutionized Service

YoungUpstarts

One recent success story is Air Mauritius, a national airline for the island nation Mauritius, located in the Indian Ocean. Not only did Air Mauritius improve its Skytrax rating from the merely average 3 stars to the far more prestigious 4 stars, it realized an $8 million profit. Colleagues are customers too. Big mistake.

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Can You Really Overhaul A Nation’s Customer Service Culture?

YoungUpstarts

If you’ve never heard of Mauritius, take note. Before the global recession, Mauritius was a popular vacation destination for Europeans. The nation and the people of Mauritius needed to set themselves apart, to express their service brand and culture to the rest of the world. Mauritius is working on taking similar steps.

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Zanzibar Investment – Is It Worth It?

The Startup Magazine

This is one place anyone can easily confuse with the likes of Maldives and Mauritius, because of its white sandy beaches and crystal clear and warm ocean. It has had a steady incline in popularity due to the many attractive features it offers both tourists and residents. The post Zanzibar Investment – Is It Worth It?

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Protesting Against AI

Start Up Blog

That’s the kind of cost increase no sane business desires. This month I’ll be heading to every state in Australia, Indonesia and Mauritius to do my new Keynote on AI – This was quote from one a did this week: “I just wanted to say how enlightening and entertaining I found it. In 2022, streamers spent a whopping $US26.5

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Deep Fake Love & AI Girlfriends

Start Up Blog

But the more engaged the end user becomes and the more human one makes the AI, and the more the AI interactions which are had, the more the money it costs the user. When this happens, AI will exit the screen and enter the world just like Hiroshi Ishiguro has imagined. To get started is mostly free.