Geographically Mauritius may be in africa but 70% of its population is of east indian orgin. So it enjoys a favourable tax treaty with India and thus most of th

Geographically Mauritius may be in africa but 70% of its population is of east indian orgin. So it enjoys a favourable tax treaty with India and thus most of the foreign investment into india flows thro mauritius. In a nutshell mauritius is to india what ireland/luxembourg is to europe!