[Seychelles News Agency] The Seychelles' financial system will be almost entirely digitalised by 2023 in line with the Central Bank's technological integration strategy, said a top official on Thursday.

[Seychelles News Agency] The public will pay SCR10 (cashless) or SCR12 (cash) when boarding a Seychelles Public Transport Corporation (SPTC) bus as of October 1, an increase from the current SCR7 fare.

[Seychelles News Agency] A first $34 million loan disbursement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be used to finance the government's current year budget deficit, a top official said on Wednesday.

[Seychelles News Agency] The federation of associations regrouping artisanal fishermen from the Indian Ocean Commission has launched a study to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on their activities, said the chairman.

[Seychelles News Agency] Seychellois women entrepreneurs gained additional support for trade activity in the African region with the opening of an office of the COMESA Federation of Women in Business.

[Seychelles News Agency] A German national is being remembered in Seychelles as an ardent supporter and promoter of the development of the Creole language.

[Seychelles News Agency] The Fair Trading Commission (FTC) of Seychelles is urging consumers to know their rights so as ensure that they do not fall victim to unfair and illegal practices.

[Seychelles News Agency] The Catholic Diocese of Port Victoria is seeing an increase in young Seychellois males willing to take vows to join the church.

[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles will administer the Pfizer vaccine to adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 at schools next month, a new phase in the island nation's COVID-19 vaccination programme.

[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles' designated minister, Jean-Francois Ferrari, will lead a committee formed to hold talks with the creditors of Air Seychelles, who have filed a petition against the airline, officials said after a high-level meeting...

[Seychelles News Agency] President Wavel Ramkalawan and relevant government ministers will meet with the board of directors of Air Seychelles to discuss a petition filed against the airline over debts owed to the EA Partners Bondholders, State House ...

[Seychelles News Agency] A first-ever video showing a giant tortoise stalking, killing and eating a baby chick on Seychelles' Fregate island has gone viral.

[Seychelles News Agency] More than 100 Bangladeshi nationals have joined the workforce in Seychelles in a bid to boost the agricultural sector, said a top employment official on Wednesday.

[Seychelles News Agency] Air Seychelles, the national carrier of the island nation in the western Indian Ocean, has a Seychellois at the helm for the first time in 10 years.

[Seychelles News Agency] A new steering committee will begin work next week to turn the Seychelles into a digital economy, making way for a more open and transparent government.

[Seychelles News Agency] Telecommunication services in Seychelles will get a boost from a new cable system that will be leased by Intelvision, a local service provider, with support from the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

[Seychelles News Agency] Plans to run a large-scale farming project on Coetivy island are still being pursued despite some hurdles that have arisen, a top official of the Islands Development Company (IDC) said on Monday.

[Seychelles News Agency] Kite surfers took flight across the waters of Seychelles' Praslin island recently as the local Yachting Association has started organising weekly competitions in the island nation.

[Seychelles News Agency] People in Seychelles who seek moral damages in court and can prove that they have been wronged may be awarded up to SCR1 million rupees ($73,000), said an official of the Attorney General's office on Thursday.

[Seychelles News Agency] The government of Seychelles is looking for ways to encourage students who study at the Seychelles Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture (SIAH) to remain in the agriculture sector once they complete their studies.

[Seychelles News Agency] A new Physical Planning Act in Seychelles will provide a revised framework for regulating land use planning to bring about sustainable development in the island nation.

[Seychelles News Agency] Farmers on the Seychelles' three main islands are asking the National Biosecurity Agency to lift a ban imposed on the movement of tomatoes between Mahe, Praslin and La Digue as sales are being severely affected.

[Seychelles News Agency] Nearly 60,000 tourists have arrived in Seychelles since it re-opened its borders to the world on March 25 after shutting off tourism due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tourism officials are forecasting up to 189,000 visitors by th...

[Seychelles News Agency] In a first step that will lead to Seychelles' airport arrival process going completely digital, the island nation's Ministry of Transport said Wednesday it has started a trial that will begin the phase-out of paper arrival fo...

[Seychelles News Agency] The Seychelles Trading Company (STC) has launched a local tender for the provision and installation of photovoltaic panels on its Bois de Rose Complex, said an STC official.

[Seychelles News Agency] Areas of Seychelles on Tuesday saw restrictions imposed on the use of tap water, a response to drought conditions in the island nation, said an official of the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC).

[Seychelles News Agency] The values and principles of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are guiding its members in the creation of a region in which cooperation, rather than conflict, drives progress, said President Wavel Ramkalawan o...

[Seychelles News Agency] Marvin Fanny became Seychelles' first specialist paediatric surgeon after he completed a fellowship from the College of Medicine of South Africa and a master of medicine in paediatric surgery with the University of Pretoria.

[Seychelles News Agency] Margaret Woodfield Pouponneau celebrated her first birthday as the oldest citizen of Seychelles on Sunday as she turned 109.

[Seychelles News Agency] Construction on a state-of-the-art hospital on La Digue, the third most populated, is set to start with the laying of the foundation stone on Sunday.