Seychelles Marketing Board (SMB) was a government
parastatal
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the government ...
company based in
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...
. Since its formation in 1985, it dominated the importation of goods to Seychelles, particularly essential goods and was the main wholesaler of goods. SMB used to operate a large prawn farm on
Coëtivy Island
Coëtivy Island is a small coral island in the Seychelles south of Mahé, at .
Along with Île Platte, the nearest neighbor northwest, it comprises the Southern Coral Group and therefore belongs to the Outer Islands.
History
It was named af ...
. In 2008 most of its assets were transferred to the
Seychelles Trading Company (STC).
Until 2008 the football team now called
Super Magic Brothers was called "Seychelles Marketing Board".
[Europa Publications (2003)]
''Africa South of the Sahara''
Psychology Press. p. 966.
References
External links
Seychelles Trading Company, Ltd., official page
Companies of Seychelles
Government-owned companies
Companies established in 1985
1985 establishments in Seychelles
Marketing boards
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