How do you reach Papua New Guineans in remote areas? With drones – and a new company, PNG Flying Labs, is trying to ensure the next generation is qualified to fly them
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SP Brewery’s use of locally sourced cassava to make its Pawa Punch brew, has been hailed for its sustainability. Corporate Affairs Manager John Nilkare talks about the award-winning project.
As Papua New Guinea catches up in its adoption of digital technologies, there is an urgent need to improve cybersecurity. According to Alberto Cimas, Senior Manager in Deloitte’s Risk and Consulting Practice in PNG, the first step is to understand how easy it is to hack a computer system
The first phase of the Papua New Guinea Government’s new ‘State-in-a-Phone’ project aims to give citizens access to an online government information portal before the end of the year. There will also be benefits for business.
What is likely to happen with the P’nyang gas project? Resources analysts say that it is cost competitive in world terms, and examine some of the options that the players have.
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape has announced the end of negotiations with ExxonMobil over the P’nyang gas agreement. The project’s developers have responded to his claims that there was ‘an unwillingness to agree to reasonable terms’.
As talks between ExxonMobil and Papua New Guinea’s State Negotiating Team over the P’nyang gas project reach their nominated ‘walk away’ deadline today, the Prime Minister, James Marape, has said he is confident that LNG will help underpin economic growth in the country for the next decade.
Brian Bell Group is reaping the rewards of three years of infrastructure investment and using this period of profitability to grow its local partnerships.
The accelerated rate of change with technology is constantly throwing up new challenges and opportunities for business. Paul Burman, Megatrends Ambassador for Hewlett Packard, looks at some major technology trends that might impact Papua New Guinea in the future.
ExxonMobil and the government-appointed State Negotiating Team have until the end of January to negotiate an agreement for the P’nyang gas project, says Minister for Petroleum.