Papua New Guinea slipped 12 places in the World Bank’s ranking of ease of doing business, but are there any positive signs? David James analyses the report.
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Kingston Resources Ltd reaches an agreement to buy Pan Pacific Copper out of Misima gold project, Papua New Guinea’s new Minister for Environment and Conservation refutes previous investigations on Ramu Nico’s slurry spillage to the Basamuk, and PNG DataCo predicts a 42 per cent slash in internet prices. Your weekly digest of business news.
The dumb things we do, thinking that the past is always better could be terrible for your business, and the dangers of lateral phishing. Readings from around the world on business, leadership and management.
Capital Insurance Group names Acting CEO, a new Chief Financial Officer joins Airswift, and Remington Group announces three new appointments.
Two of the most innovative companies in Papua New Guinea were recognised on Friday at the inaugural Innovation PNG 2019 conference. Here is what you need to know.
Papua New Guinea’s Cabinet gets a major reshuffle, the United States withdraws from the Paris Agreement, and over 5,000 companies in PNG could have been put on notice for not filling their annual returns. Your weekly digest of business news.
Gallagher Security appoints a National Sales Manager for Australia and Papua New Guinea and KPMG PNG welcomes a new boss for Advisory Services.
Coffee farmers growing pains, how a woman launched a successful food business, and where is all the aid money pledged to Pacific nations? Readings from around the world on business, leadership and management.
The creation of a one-stop shop US development bank will see a doubling of available infrastructure funding for Asia-Pacific projects, and is expected to boost the PNG Electrification Partnership. It comes as the US, Australia and Japan have unveiled the Blue Dot Network, an initiative designed to compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative in the Pacific region.
The global capital markets are concentrating on quality mining assets preferably close to production, according to a panel of experts at the International Mining and Resources Conference in Melbourne. They said that ‘frontier’ countries should be looking widely for capital, particularly in Asia. David James reports.