The forestry industry in Papua New Guinea has bounced back since the global financial crisis. Our two biggest markets remain Australia for sawn and processed products and China for round logs.
Posts by Business Advantage PNG
Australian chocolatier Dean Morgan of Zokoko is one of an increasing number of gourmet chocolate makers discovering that the fine cocoa flavour of Papua New Guinean cocoa makes excellent gourmet chocolate.
Paradise Foods Limited is Papua New Guinea’s oldest established food manufacturer, with operations dating back to the early 1930s.
Papua New Guinea’s produce and products continue to find new markets overseas.
With mobile phone use now widespread in PNG, the country’s largest bank is aiming to bring financial services to the ‘unbanked’ in PNG’s rural areas for the first time—an initiative that is expected to drive small business development.
Skills shortages are widespread in PNG, and likely to get worse in the short to medium term.
With PNG expected to grow faster than China in 2011, Business Advantage examines just who is investing in PNG and in what sectors, and asks where the best opportunities lie in the future.
PNG’s current economic upturn has involved a notable increase in foreign direct investment from Asia.
Two organisations worth knowing about if you’re looking to invest in Papua New Guinea.
PNG veteran Peter Botten, Managing Director of Oil Search Limited, talks about the importance of engagement at a community level in Papua New Guinea.