Innovation

As more institutions are considering ways to connect to the unbanked population of Papua New Guinea, mobile wallets are emerging as a potential game changer for the sector. Charlotte Armstrong examines the key players in PNG’s mobile money market.

This year’s Innovation PNG Awards featured a new category: for female innovators. The award was shared by two women, who speak to Business Advantage PNG about their groundbreaking projects and the promising future for female innovators in Papua New Guinea.

Major Papua New Guinea superannuation fund Nasfund is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence (AI) with award-winning results. CEO Rajeev Sharma talks about the early wins from using the technology and why this is just the beginning for AI – for the fund and PNG businesses more generally.

Ivan Vidovich, recently-appointed CEO of Kina Bank, speaks about the financial institution’s digital innovation strategy at the recent Innovation PNG 2025 conference in Port Moresby.

The winner of this year’s Innovation PNG Award for Small Business is an ingenious all-in-one water, sanitation and washing station designed for use by Papua New Guinea’s village communities. We take a closer look at Environmental Health Development Agency’s Water SHE Technology.

The winners of Papua New Guinea’s major awards for innovation were announced at a special Gala Dinner on 27 March, on the eve of the 2025 Innovation PNG Conference and Expo at the Stanley Hotel, Port Moresby.

Technological advances present PNG with enormous opportunities to develop its own solutions to the challenges it faces. This month’s Innovation PNG Conference and Expo is about encouraging the culture to create the necessary innovation.

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.

Digizen ID, a new digital identification card developed specifically for PNG, could be a “game changer” for the vast majority of citizens who are locked out of financial services due to a lack of formal identification.

International branding expert Sergio Brodsky told delegates at the recent Innovation PNG 2023 conference why their organisation’s brand matters – and there’s a lot more to it than just your logo.