With Papua New Guinea celebrating 50 years since Independence, Chris Daniells, Managing Director of one of the country’s largest and longest-established conglomerates, Steamships Trading Company, reflects on the company’s past, present and future.
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Papua New Guinea’s 50 years of economic achievement
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12 Sep 2025 by Leave a Comment
As Papua New Guinea celebrates its 50th anniversary, Business Advantage PNG takes a look at some of the key economic events in its history and key players in business and commerce that have played an important role in its development.
Editorial: Some reasons to be cheerful
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28 Aug 2025 by Leave a Comment
While doing business in Papua New Guinea is never without its challenges, there have been some positive developments regarding some of the most-persistent business impediments.
Special report from the 2025 PNG Investment Conference
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14 Aug 2025 by Leave a Comment
Speakers at this year’s 2025 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference touched on a range of key themes, including the need to strengthen the country’s institutions and its ‘human capacity’, and provided updates on key projects such as PNG Power’s turnaround plan, major resources projects and the strategies of leading banks and financial institutions.
Ivan Fong, CEO of Vodafone PNG’s parent company, on growth plans
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5 Aug 2025 by Leave a Comment
Fiji’s Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited (ATH) has operations across the Pacific, including Papua New Guinean subsidiary Vodafone PNG. Its CEO Ivan Fong talks to Business Advantage PNG about profits, growth and big guns like Google and Starlink.
Four questions with the new CEO of PNG Power, Paul Bayly
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30 Jul 2025 by Leave a Comment
Paul Bayly was appointed to the hot seat as chief executive officer of PNG Power Ltd (PPL) in March 2025. Ahead of his appearance at the 2025 PNG Investment Conference, the New Zealand national sits down with Business Advantage PNG to share how he plans to address the challenges facing the state-owned utility.
Conference presents a decade of business opportunity in Papua New Guinea
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30 Jul 2025 by Leave a Comment
While Papua New Guinea joining Australia’s National Rugby League competition in 2028 might be taking up column inches in Australian newspapers, the bigger story belongs in the business pages.
Green Finance Centre head on increasing potential for sustainable lending in PNG
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16 Jul 2025 by Leave a Comment
The Bank of Papua New Guinea’s Green Finance Centre was established in 2024 to encourage financial institutions to fund sustainability-related projects. The centre’s head Mohinesh Prasad shares the progress being made on green finance – and its potential to boost PNG’s economy.
Editorial: Mergers and acquisitions activity in Papua New Guinea set to increase
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2 Jul 2025 by Leave a Comment
Papua New Guinea’s Independent Consumer and Competition Commission is set for a busy few months, as the country looks set for a higher-than-usual level of mergers-and-acquisitions activity. Beyond M&A, there are other developments for investors to look forward to as well.
New initiative paves the way for more Papua New Guinean women to work in trades
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17 Jun 2025 by Leave a Comment
Eighteen leading Papua New Guinean businesses have signed up to an initiative led by the International Finance Corporation to provide opportunities for women in traditionally male-dominated jobs, as Business Advantage PNG reports.
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