Hesham Shokry

Mauritius launches its first Islamic bank

Mauritius' first fully-fledged Islamic bank launched operations on Thursday, as the Indian Ocean island seeks to become a regional Islamic banking hub.
Hesham Shokry is the chairman of Century Bank. He points out that its first two to three years would focus on wholesale banking and treasury and wealth management, which would comprise debt and equity capital markets and fund management.

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