This year, Mineral Resources Development Company (MRDC) will mark 50 years as the manager of the benefits paid to landowners and provinces from Papua New Guinea’s resources projects. In this exclusive interview with Business Advantage PNG, Managing Director Augustine Mano provides an update on the flagship Star Mountain Plaza project and other investment plans.
Deloitte PNG head on how technology is driving growth in Papua New Guinea’s finance sector [video]
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25 Mar 2025 by Leave a Comment
Herbert Maguma, Managing Partner at Deloitte PNG, speaks with Business Advantage PNG about how investments in digital channels and AI are reshaping Papua New Guinea’s financial services sector. He also goes into detail about the likely impact of a financial greylisting on the PNG economy.
The 2025 PNG 100 CEO Survey: the results
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19 Mar 2025 by Leave a Comment
Since 2012, the data collected by the PNG 100 CEO Survey has revealed trends in business confidence among Papua New Guinea business leaders. So, how confident are businesses in 2025?
Building for the future: Steamships MD on developments across Papua New Guinea
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11 Mar 2025 by 1 Comment
Chris Daniells became the managing director of Steamships Trading Company in July 2024. In this interview with Business Advantage PNG, he shares progress on multiple Port Moresby projects and explains why Steamships is also bullish on Mount Hagen.
Q&A with Johnpaul Houston, CEO of Port Moresby Nature Park
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11 Mar 2025 by Leave a Comment
The newly appointed CEO of Port Moresby Nature Park shares his thoughts about the park and its future in this exclusive interview with Paradise, Air Niugini’s in-flight magazine.
BSP’s CEO on plans to modernise Papua New Guinea’s largest bank [video]
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11 Mar 2025 by 2 Comments
Mark Robinson, Chief Executive Officer of BSP Financial Group, sat down recently for a wide-ranging interview with Business Advantage PNG, in which he shared the bank’s digital transformation plans and its efforts to attract more Papua New Guineans to formal banking.
How Steamships Logistics is preparing for PNG’s next wave of resources projects [video]
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27 Feb 2025 by Leave a Comment
Nick Fisher, Chief Executive Officer of Steamships Logistics, tells Business Advantage PNG how his firm is preparing for a Papua LNG final investment decision, and takes us inside plans to ensure Papua New Guinea has enough qualified seafarers to support the growth of the shipping sector.
Editorial: Major businesses eye investments in regional Papua New Guinea
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27 Feb 2025 by 1 Comment
Interviews conducted for the annual Business Advantage PNG print magazine, to be launched in March, reveal a newfound appetite for investments outside of Papua New Guinea’s capital.
Five questions with futurist Mark Pesce, keynote speaker at Innovation PNG 2025
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6 Feb 2025 by Leave a Comment
Mark Pesce co-invented the technology for 3D on the Web and has written ten books, including ‘Getting Started with ChatGPT and AI Chatbots’ (2023). He will be the keynote speaker at the Innovation PNG 2025 conference. Business Advantage PNG sat down with him to hear his thoughts on the changing landscape of technology.
New Digicel PNG CEO on growth plans for Papua New Guinea’s largest telco
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30 Jan 2025 by Leave a Comment
Tarik Boudiaf became CEO of Digicel PNG in July 2024, crossing over from an executive position within the African market. In this interview with Business Advantage PNG, he shares how Digicel plans to serve business customers, and his thoughts on PNG’s regulatory environment and potential competition from Starlink.
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