https://www.rik-kisnah.ai/tags/economic-development/Recent content in Economic-Development on Rik Kisnah - BlogHugoenThu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0700https://www.rik-kisnah.ai/posts/mauritius-ai-jobs-evolution/Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0700https://www.rik-kisnah.ai/posts/mauritius-ai-jobs-evolution/Published in Le Mauricien: Download Original Article (PDF) In 1984, my grandfather—Mohun Persad Kisnah—took me to see the first ATM machine at the State Bank in Port Louis. I was a boy, watching adults queue nervously before this strange metal box that dispensed cash without a teller. “Beta,” my dada said quietly, “this machine is going to replace many jobs.” I looked up at him. “What will happen to those people?https://www.rik-kisnah.ai/posts/le-mauricien-article-2025/Tue, 04 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0700https://www.rik-kisnah.ai/posts/le-mauricien-article-2025/Published in Le Mauricien: Download Original Article (PDF) I’m honored to share that my opinion piece on Mauritius’s AI transformation journey was published in Le Mauricien on November 5, 2025. This article reflects on our nation’s economic evolution and the urgent need to position Mauritius as Africa’s technology leader in the AI era. From Sugar Cane to Silicon “As my grandfather would say, ‘Progress waits for no one.’” My grandfather, Mohun Persad Kisnah, came from an old Indian Diaspora family rooted in sugar cane.