Middle East and Africa

Bank of Mauritius

Too few recent speeches for a current tone.

Speeches: 172
First speech: Aug 9, 2002
Latest speech: May 20, 2026
Tone vs coming rate moves: Not tested; too few speeches or no published rate

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Latest speeches

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Date	Speech	Tone
May 20, 2026	Priscilla Muthoora Thakoor: Current economic conditions and outlook Dr Priscilla Muthoora Thakoor	+0.22
Feb 26, 2026	Priscilla Muthoora Thakoor: Supervision of climate risks Dr Priscilla Muthoora Thakoor	+0.05
Nov 12, 2025	Priscilla Muthoora Thakoor: Current economic conditions and outlook Dr Priscilla Muthoora Thakoor	+0.08
Aug 13, 2025	Rama Krishna Sithanen: Current economic conditions and outlook Rama Krishna Sithanen	+0.10
Jun 23, 2025	Rama Krishna Sithanen: Speech - Annual conference and meeting of the Community of African Banking Supervisors Rama Krishna Sithanen	−0.34
Sep 20, 2024	Harvesh Seegolam: Current economic conditions and outlook Harvesh Seegolam	+0.02
May 28, 2024	Hemlata Sadhna Sewraj Gopal: Speech - 37th Convocation Ceremony of the University of Technology Hemlata Sadhna Sewraj Gopal	+0.23
Apr 4, 2024	Harvesh Seegolam: Keynote address - UN Country Team Strategic Retreat Harvesh Seegolam	−0.14
Apr 3, 2024	Harvesh Seegolam: Current economic conditions and outlook Harvesh Seegolam	+0.13
Mar 15, 2024	Harvesh Seegolam: Keynote address - the Stock Exchange of Mauritius and Risk Insights ESG GPS Partnership launch Harvesh Seegolam	+0.15
Jul 26, 2023	Mardayah Kona Yerukunondu: Welcome address - launch of the Regional Centre of Exellence workshop Mardayah Kona Yerukunondu	+0.10
Jul 26, 2023	Harvesh Seegolam: Remarks - launch of the Regional Centre of Exellence workshop Harvesh Seegolam	+0.01
May 31, 2023	Harvesh Seegolam: Remarks - opening of the 3-day training on Basel III reforms Harvesh Seegolam	+0.06
Apr 26, 2023	Harvesh Seegolam: Address - G20/OECD Task Force on Financial Consumer Protection Harvesh Seegolam	−0.11
Apr 26, 2023	Harvesh Seegolam: The future of central bank money in a digital world Harvesh Seegolam	−0.01
Dec 17, 2022	Harvesh Seegolam: Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for human resource professionals Harvesh Seegolam	−0.17
Dec 14, 2022	Harvesh Seegolam: Current economic conditions and outlook Harvesh Seegolam	+0.07
Dec 8, 2022	Harvesh Seegolam: Speech - Forum on public-private partnership in combatting financial crime Harvesh Seegolam	–
Oct 4, 2022	Harvesh Seegolam: Digitalisation as a transformative force in banking Harvesh Seegolam	−0.13
Sep 8, 2022	Harvesh Seegolam: Celebrating the 55th Anniversary of the Bank of Mauritius - adapting to our future Harvesh Seegolam	+0.01
Jan 28, 2022	Harvesh Seegolam: Bank of Mauritius Financial Literacy Strategy 2022 Harvesh Seegolam	+0.49
Nov 25, 2021	Harvesh Seegolam: Countering terrorist financing risks in the non-profit organisation sector Harvesh Seegolam	–
Nov 23, 2021	Mardayah Kona Yerukunondu: Beneficial ownership disclosure frameworks Mardayah Kona Yerukunondu	–
Oct 14, 2021	Harvesh Seegolam: Launch of the Bank of Mauritius Climate Change Centre Harvesh Seegolam	−0.09
Jul 23, 2021	Harvesh Seegolam: Banking resilience - global and domestic perspectives Harvesh Seegolam	−0.13
Apr 12, 2021	Harvesh Seegolam: Launch of the IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department &amp; Africa Training Institute Online Course on Core Elements of Banking Supervision Harvesh Seegolam	+0.01
Dec 16, 2020	Harvesh Seegolam: Opening of the informative session on the MauCAS and the SADC and COMESA cross-border payment systems Harvesh Seegolam	+0.14
Nov 20, 2020	Mardayah Kona Yerukunondu: Implementation of targeted financial sanctions Mardayah Kona Yerukunondu	−0.02
Sep 23, 2020	Harvesh Seegolam: Current economic conditions and outlook Harvesh Seegolam	−0.04
Aug 7, 2020	Harvesh Seegolam: Latest developments in the Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism landscape in Mauritius Harvesh Seegolam	−0.58
Jul 8, 2020	Harvesh Seegolam: Current economic conditions and outlook Harvesh Seegolam	−0.18
May 29, 2020	Harvesh Seegolam: Measures of the Covid-19 Support Programme and setting up of the Mauritius Investment Corporation Harvesh Seegolam	−0.31
Jan 21, 2020	Yandraduth Googoolye: Risk-Based Approach to Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Supervision Yandraduth Googoolye	–
Nov 29, 2019	Yandraduth Googoolye: Shaping the new banking landscape - defining the priorities and leveraging new technology to propel the Mauritian financial system forward Yandraduth Googoolye	−0.10
Nov 15, 2019	Yandraduth Googoolye: The need for banking and finance to evolve through technology and innovation Yandraduth Googoolye	+0.22
Aug 19, 2019	Yandraduth Googoolye: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS 9) - implementation issues Yandraduth Googoolye	–
Aug 14, 2019	Yandraduth Googoolye: Mauritius launches Switch payments system to spur digital economy Yandraduth Googoolye	−0.04
May 27, 2019	Yandraduth Googoolye: The importance of promoting and safeguarding correspondent banking Yandraduth Googoolye	−0.01
May 6, 2019	Yandraduth Googoolye: Renewed protectionist tendencies - some implications for macroeconomic policy in Africa Yandraduth Googoolye	−0.16
May 2, 2019	Yandraduth Googoolye: The need to adapt regulatory and supervisory structures to changing technologies and business models Yandraduth Googoolye	−0.09
Apr 25, 2019	Yandraduth Googoolye: How African countries can play an active role in the Belt and Road Initiative Yandraduth Googoolye	+0.05
Mar 27, 2019	Yandraduth Googoolye: Cross-border regulation in relation to digital assets Yandraduth Googoolye	−0.01
Mar 27, 2019	Yandraduth Googoolye: Blockchain technology's potential to benefit society and the economy Yandraduth Googoolye	+0.07
Nov 23, 2018	Yandraduth Googoolye: Accountability at the Bank of Mauritius and the importance of explaining its actions Yandraduth Googoolye	+0.06
Nov 22, 2018	Yandraduth Googoolye: Importance of financial markets to growth as Barclays launches Africa Index Yandraduth Googoolye	+0.01
Nov 15, 2018	Yandraduth Googoolye: Importance of corporate governance at ICSA Mauritius Graduation ceremony Yandraduth Googoolye	−0.09
Nov 15, 2018	Yandraduth Googoolye: The importance of financial services to the economy and the need for good governance Yandraduth Googoolye	+0.16
Sep 20, 2018	Yandraduth Googoolye: Enabling framework for financial technologies in Mauritius Yandraduth Googoolye	−0.05
Jul 24, 2018	Mahendra Vikramdass Punchoo: The impact of Basel III reforms in the implementation of Basel II/III in emerging market and developing economies Mahendra Vikramdass Punchoo	−0.04
Dec 6, 2017	Yandraduth Googoolye: Combatting financial crime in Mauritius Yandraduth Googoolye	–
Nov 27, 2017	Yandraduth Googoolye: Legal aspects on the National Payments System Yandraduth Googoolye	+0.05
Nov 17, 2017	Yandraduth Googoolye: Core elements of banking supervision Yandraduth Googoolye	+0.07
Nov 17, 2017	Rameswurlall Basant Roi: Monetary and exchange rate policies, and challenging reforms undertaken by the Bank of Mauritius Rameswurlall Basant Roi	−0.13
Nov 3, 2017	Rameswurlall Basant Roi: Inauguration of The Bank of Mauritius Museum Rameswurlall Basant Roi	−0.10
Aug 21, 2017	Rameswurlall Basant Roi: Evolution of the Basel capital adequacy requirements Rameswurlall Basant Roi	+0.10
Jul 21, 2017	Rameswurlall Basant Roi: Regulatory challenges in a fast-evolving banking system Rameswurlall Basant Roi	−0.13
Jul 20, 2017	Rameswurlall Basant Roi: The role of accountants in the process of economic development Rameswurlall Basant Roi	−0.08
Apr 7, 2017	Rameswurlall Basant Roi: Recent reforms in banking regulation, supervision and prudential accounting in Mauritius Rameswurlall Basant Roi	+0.02
Apr 7, 2017	Rameswurlall Basant Roi: Acceptance speech - 2017 Central Bank Governor of the Year Award for Africa Rameswurlall Basant Roi	+0.11
Apr 3, 2017	Vikram Punchoo: International Financial Reporting Standards - IFRS 9 Vikram Punchoo	–

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