Six private sector representatives from the Pacific including a Samoan were in Port Louis, Mauritius as part of a Pacific Islands Forum-Business Mauritius Joint Cooperation Framework Peer Learning Exchange Program. 

The Peer Learning Exchange Program took place from 17–21 October 2022 in Mauritius and looked at building South–South cooperation and enhancing business opportunities between the Pacific Islands and Mauritius.

The program brought together representatives from across the regional private sector and Business Mauritius, which is the apex body representing over 1200 companies in Mauritius with a thematic focus on the fisheries industry, a sector vital to both Pacific region and Mauritius.

As part of the mission, the six private sector representatives from the Pacific used the opportunity to network with Mauritius business representatives and shared lessons learned as well as best practices. This was in terms of the fisheries industry and how both Pacific region and Mauritius can not only build up individual business capacities, but equally create and strengthen avenues for increasing regional collaboration. 

The mission also expanded on the other four key pillars detailed under the Joint Cooperation Framework: economic advocacy; private sector and sustainable development; ease-of-doing business and policy examinations; and international trade cooperation. The Peer Learning Exchange Program was made possible through the European Union under the Strengthening Pacific Intra-Regional and International Trade (SPIRIT) project and the Commonwealth Secretariat

Victor Vaai, who is an Operation Officer with Tui Pacific company, was a participant at the peer learning exchange program and represented Samoa. Tui Pacific company is a fishing business that was launched at the Matautu wharf in December 2020.

As part of the group's tour in Mauritius, they also visited Princes Tuna Mauritius which is considered the leading supplier of high quality Tuna products in the Indian Ocean region. 

The fisheries sector in Mauritius contributes about 1 per cent of the country's GDP and employs some 22,000 people, according to Mauritius government information. In 2019 local fish production totalled 31,663 tonnes.