Public Enterprises Monitoring Commission Launches Digital Platform to Strengthen Oversight of State Firms
VICTORIA, Seychelles — The Public Enterprises Monitoring Commission has unveiled a new web-based Centralised Information Management and Monitoring System designed to streamline data collection, enhance decision-making, and improve real-time access to critical financial and non-financial information across Seychelles’ state enterprise sector, with full implementation expected in the third quarter of 2026. The launch took place at a workshop held at the Seychelles Trading Company conference room attended by senior government officials including the Secretary of State for Cabinet Affairs and Head of Civil Service, Margaret Moumou, and the Secretary of State for Finance, Economic Planning, Trade and Investment, Patrick Payet. Thirty public enterprises are set to use the new system once it is operational.
For taxpayers and policymakers, effective oversight of public enterprises is a matter of direct financial importance. Seychelles’ public enterprise sector encompasses a wide range of state-owned entities whose performance has a material impact on public finances, service delivery, and employment. A centralised digital monitoring system reduces the risks of information gaps, reporting delays, and institutional memory loss that can allow underperformance to go undetected. By providing real-time access to comparable data across the enterprise portfolio, the system strengthens the government’s ability to intervene early when problems emerge and to make better-informed resource allocation decisions.
Chief analyst at the Public Enterprises Monitoring Commission, Colette Jean-Louis, described the launch as a significant step forward in how information is gathered, monitored, and used across the public enterprise sector, according to remarks at the workshop. She noted that the system will reduce reliance on manual processes, alleviate workloads, and strengthen institutional memory by ensuring that information is accurately captured, preserved, and made available for future decision-making. Previously, the commission had invested considerable time in manually collecting and storing data while other public enterprises had to wait for information from their respective sectors, a process the new platform is designed to replace.
Acting chief executive of the commission, Kalum Bandara, highlighted the broader significance of the initiative, describing the launch as marking the onset of a new operational discipline in how the commission gathers, manages, analyses, and utilises information across the public enterprise portfolio. He expressed pride in the collaborative effort behind the project and noted that the system has been tailored to the commission’s specific needs and can be further developed over time. The project received support from the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning, Trade and Investment and the United States Embassy in Seychelles, whose contributions made the project possible.
The workshop not only marked the launch but also served to educate participants on the system’s functionality and usage, ensuring that those responsible for reporting from public enterprises understand how to use the platform effectively from the outset. The commission emphasised the importance of training and stakeholder engagement in ensuring that the new system achieves its intended impact across all thirty participating entities. Open dialogue with both enterprise management and government officials will continue to guide the commission’s work in formulating policies to address public enterprise performance issues at the national level.
The commission concluded by expressing hope that the launch marks the beginning of a more digital, efficient, and transparent way of working across the public enterprise sector in Seychelles.
