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 governmen ...

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 ...

. In 2008 most of its assets were transferred to the

Seychelles Trading Company 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, ...

(STC). Until 2008 the football team now called

Super Magic Brothers Super Magic Brothers is a football club based in Victoria, Seychelles. Until 2008, the team was called Seychelles Marketing Board (the name of a government parastatal company). They were relegated to the 2nd Division in November 2009. Performan ...

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 {{Seychelles-stub