East Africa / 
Mauritius / Port Louis
La Plage Factory
La Plage Factory focuses on propelling impact-driven African tech startups, by providing mentorship, business development support, and access to funding. Located in the very heart of the old Port-Louis, our coworking space is spread over two beautifully preserved colonial houses connected by a large cobblestone courtyard. We are the perfect address for tech businesses targeting Africa and Europe from Mauritius. <p></p> La Plage Factory is an startup incubator-accelerator accredited by the MRIC, based in Mauritius. We provide a resilient scaffolding to ambitious and innovative entrepreneurs willing to address economic, social, or ecological challenges at local and/or regional level, through innovative business solutions. <p></p> La Plage Factory operates from the “Coworking Port Louis”, offering a unique African business location with a flexible, connected and productiveworking environment. <p></p> La Plage Factory is an accredited startup incubator-accelerator, based in Mauritius. <p></p> <mark>We are committed to providing quality and sustainable operations, based on creative business dynamics, unmatched expertise mentorship and shared principles. La Plage Factory offers broad networking opportunities to facilitates access to market and finance.</mark> <p></p> La Plage Factory is your trusted ally for a vibrant enterprise venture, from scratch to scale.
Coworking Port-Louis
Located in the very heart of the old Port-Louis our co-working space of 300 square meters is spread over two beautifully preserved colonial houses (dating from the 18th century) connected by a large cobblestone courtyard. A range of centennial trees provide cool natural shade and something beautiful and peaceful to look at while working. You won’t believe you’re downtown Port Louis. <p></p> We rent private offices (ranging from 2 to 6 positions) and single desks in an open space under simple month-to-month contracts. The offices design and decoration is a blend of colonial past and modern style. We offer all the functionality you need to take your business to the next level: Fully equipped conference rooms, chill-out outdoors lunch / meeting tables, fully functional “grandma’s” kitchen and bike-sharing facilities. <p></p> Who is this for?<br> Small Size Teams<br> Your team is made of 2 to 6 people. You’re looking for cool office space in a central location. You want privacy but you don’t mind sharing common office resources like the meeting room, reception, kitchen, courtyard, etc. to keep rental costs low. <p></p>Startups - Freelancers- Digital Nomads<br> <mark>You are a boot-strapped entrepreneur working 24/7 on your project. You’re looking to transition from your home-office to a prestigious office location while surround yourself by like-minded people to keep inspiration high.</mark> <p></p>High quality <br> - You are a creative professional looking to work from an inspiring yet functional location. The historical surroundings and outdoor working spaces will foster your creativity. St Georges is a lively neighbourhood during the day too!
Regus - Medine Mews
Take in breathtaking views of Port Louis from the 5th floor of Medine Mews. Located right in the heart of the Mauritian capital's thriving business district, our well-connected workspace has on-site parking and is just a stone's throw from a bus stop. <p></p> <mark>Be inspired by our community of professionals from all walks of life in an elegant and bright setting.</mark> Network in the shared lounge, grab a bite to eat in the cafés on the ground floor or take a trip to the nearby Jardins de la Compagnie to take your mind off things. <p></p> Join a vibrant coworking community with a dedicated workstation or shared office. <p></p>Characteristics : <br> - Thousands of centers <br> - Book your workstation via our app <br> - Network and collaborate
Mauritius Africa FinTech Hub
There is no better time than now to be in the FinTech space, particularly as an agile entrepreneur or tech SME. Digital wallets, internet banking, alternative point of sales and mobile financial products all provide life-altering options to a largely unbanked African market. However, because of the very nature of Financial Technology, it can be challenging to get past the red tape after investing the time to innovate, particularly if it involves disrupting historically traditional industries. This is why MAFH exists, if you join the Mauritius Africa FinTech Hub you’ll: <p></p> <br> - Be plugging your business into a network of pan-African, Mauritian governments, corporates, FSPs, investors, FinTech businesses and tech experts. <br> - Get assistance with regulatory sandbox licences as well as business registration. <br> - <mark>Have access to resources and knowledge from other tech businesses that form part of the ecosystem.</mark> <br> - Have the opportunity to get in touch with potential investors and other funding sources. <br> - A number of African FinTech startups have made Mauritius their home, providing a proven template for business that want to enter African markets via Mauritius. <br> - Attend roundtable events with regulatory bodies. <br> - Be supported by the MAFH team’s in-house legal expert, with extensive experience in FinTech regulation. <br> - <mark>Benefit from Mauritian investor agreements in place that can act as buffers for businesses looking to enter new growing African markets.</mark> <br> - Free workshops with regulators, government representatives and other legislative decision-makers. <br> - Be part of innovation labs run by corporates of MAFH itself.