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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span><\/a>Appointed governor of the Mauritius central bank while the country was experiencing its first cases of Covid-19, Harvesh Seegolam quickly had to devise measures to keep the economy afloat.
\n<\/a>Despite the International Monetary Fund (IMF)\u2019s remonstrances about the bank\u2019s independence, he insists there is a \u201cChinese wall\u2019\u2019 between the bank and the Mauritius Investment Corporation (MIC) \u2013 a $2bn special purpose vehicle designed to help with the pandemic response.
\nTAR: You took office as governor at the same time as Covid-19 broke out in Mauritius. How did you manage this crisis, and how well do you think Mauritius has handled the pandemic?<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mauritius<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. Appointed governor of the Mauritius central bank while the country was experiencing its first cases of Covid-19, Harvesh Seegolam quickly had to devise measures to keep the economy afloat. Despite the International Monetary Fund (IMF)\u2019s remonstrances about the bank\u2019s independence, he insists there is a \u201cChinese wall\u2019\u2019 between the bank and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":18187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7,8,16],"tags":[233,245,373,241],"class_list":["post-18188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mauritius","tag-bank","tag-mauritius"],"yoast_head":"\nCentral bank governor Seegolam explains plans to pilot digital currency - Mauritius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Appointed governor of the Mauritius central bank while the country was experiencing its firs ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/central-bank-governor-seegolam-explains-plans-to-pilot-digital-currency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Central bank governor Seegolam explains plans to pilot digital currency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Appointed governor of the Mauritius central bank while the country was experiencing its firs ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/central-bank-governor-seegolam-explains-plans-to-pilot-digital-currency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mauritius\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-16T09:54:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-16T11:17:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_11-62d29e0f6345d.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"730\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"419\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/central-bank-governor-seegolam-explains-plans-to-pilot-digital-currency#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/central-bank-governor-seegolam-explains-plans-to-pilot-digital-currency\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Central bank governor Seegolam explains plans to pilot digital currency\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-16T09:54:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-16T11:17:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/central-bank-governor-seegolam-explains-plans-to-pilot-digital-currency\"},\"wordCount\":125,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/central-bank-governor-seegolam-explains-plans-to-pilot-digital-currency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_11-62d29e0f6345d.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mauritius\",\"Bank\",\"Mauritius\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/central-bank-governor-seegolam-explains-plans-to-pilot-digital-currency#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/central-bank-governor-seegolam-explains-plans-to-pilot-digital-currency\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/central-bank-governor-seegolam-explains-plans-to-pilot-digital-currency\",\"name\":\"Central bank governor Seegolam explains plans to pilot digital currency - 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