In brief: Sovereign Wealth Fund & Corruption Commission legislation before parliament, and other business news

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22 Jul 2015 by Business Advantage PNG Leave a Comment

Proposed Sovereign Wealth Fund reaches third reading stage, Air Niugini ‘on track’ for 50% sell-off, and second LNG plant to create 10,000 jobs. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.

Filed Under: In brief, Latest news, News Tagged With: Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council, gold, Kina Group, Morobe Mining Joint Ventures, National Development Bank, New Guinea Energy, Philippine Airlines, PNG Power Ltd, Sovereign Wealth Fund

In brief: Papua New Guinea aims to strengthen business relationship with United Kingdom, and other business stories

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17 Jun 2015 by Business Advantage PNG

O’Neill wants PNG to take advantage of global business opportunities, Australia provides additional development funds, and Air Niugini outsources Lihir airport services. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.

Filed Under: In brief, Latest news, News Tagged With: Air Niugini, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council, Department of Education, Department of Labour and Industrial Relations, Digicel, InterOil Corporation, Nautilus Minerals, Oil Search Ltd, Palau, Parties to the Nauru Agreement, People’s Micro Bank, PNG LNG, Santos, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Solomon Airlines, Solwara 1, Tuvalu, Western Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Six things we learned at Australia–Papua New Guinea Business Forum in Lae

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27 May 2015 by Business Advantage PNG Leave a Comment

Trade Minister Richard Maru has urged Australian and Papua New Guinean business leaders to look seriously at diversifying their areas of investments.

Filed Under: Latest news, News Tagged With: Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council, Australia Papua New Guinea Business Forum, Kumul Gamechangers, Manufacturers Council of PNG, Morobe Mining Joint Ventures, PACER Plus

Economic update: Papua New Guinea changes gear

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28 Apr 2015 by Andrew Wilkins 7 Comments

Papua New Guinea’s economy is now emerging from a period of hiatus following the completion of its massive liquefied gas project. Andrew Wilkins talks exclusively to some of PNG’s top executives to find out their views on the economy.

Filed Under: Economy/Investment, Features Tagged With: ANZ, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council, Bank of Papua New Guinea, BSP Financial Group, CPL Group, Institute of National Affairs, S P Brewery, Westpac

Papua New Guinea Business Council members concerned at lack of foreign currency

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24 Mar 2015 by Business Advantage PNG 1 Comment

The President of the Australia–Papua New Guinea Business Council says his members have expressed concern to Prime Minister they are unable to source enough foreign currency.

Filed Under: Latest news, News Tagged With: Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council, Papua LNG, PNG Gas, PNG LNG, Wafi-Golpu

In brief: Moves to reduce internet charges and other business stories

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18 Mar 2015 by Business Advantage PNG 1 Comment

New technology may reduce internet charges, Vanuatu assesses cyclone damage and Newcrest buys Wamum gold project. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.

Filed Under: Fisheries, In brief, News Tagged With: Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council, Barrick Gold, Crater Gold Mining, Credit Corporation, Gold Ridge gold mine, Harmony Gold, Hawkins Group, K92 Holdings International Ltd, National Capital District, National Executive Council, National Fisheries Authority, National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA), Newcrest Mining, Pacific Assurance Group, Parties to the Nauru Agreement, PNG DataCo, PNG Ports Corporation, PNG Rubber Board, Post PNG, Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation, Stanley gas project

Business relationships set to expand with growing conference schedule

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18 Feb 2015 by Business Advantage PNG

Business and investment events covering a diverse range of key industry sectors are lined up for Papua New Guinea throughout 2015. Here are some of the highlights from our events calendar. The major international investment event on PNG in 2015 will be the Papua New Guinea Advantage Investment and Infrastructure Summit, co-hosted for the fifth […]

Filed Under: Latest news, News Tagged With: Austrade, Australia Fiji Business Council (AFBC), Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council, Australia Papua New Guinea Business Forum, Business Advantage International, New Caledonia, Pacific Games, Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Involving women in business makes good economic sense, says Lesieli Taviri

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4 Jun 2014 by Business Advantage PNG Leave a Comment

Ending violence, positive discrimination policies, promotion of women and expanding opportunities for women are the four key ways to get more women into business, according to Lesieli Taviri, Chair of the newly-formed Business Coalition for Women.

Filed Under: Opinion/analysis Tagged With: Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council, Business Coalition for Women, Origin Energy

8 things we took home from the Australia-Papua New Guinea Business Forum

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22 May 2014 by Business Advantage PNG Leave a Comment

Business Advantage PNG attended this week’s two-day Australia – Papua New Guinea Business Forum in Cairns. Here are some of our take-home observations from the annual event, which next year will take place in Lae, Morobe Province.

Filed Under: Latest news, News Tagged With: Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council, Sovereign Wealth Fund

People moves: Telikom PNG, IPBC, PNG Power, APNGBC

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21 May 2014 by Business Advantage PNG 4 Comments

New CEO at Telikom PNG, two new board members at IPBC, a resignation at PNG Power, a new council president, and Leighton’s chairman to retire.

Filed Under: News, People moves Tagged With: Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council, Kumul Consolidated Holdings, Leighton Holdings, PNG Power Ltd, Telikom PNG

Work begins on Kumul Petroleum’s world-class fabrication facility in Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea’s organically certified vanilla can demand premium prices

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In brief: Papua New Guinea’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook shows inflation slowing, and other business stories

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Conference catches Papua New Guinea of the cusp of a new era of investment

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CEO Survey suggests PNG business is less bullish, but still planning to invest
The 2024 results of Papua New Guinea’s annual business confidence survey, the PNG 100 CEO Survey, are out. Since 2012, the data collected by the PNG 100 CEO Survey has revealed trends in business confidence among PNG’s business leaders. Analysis of the survey data by Westpac has led to the creation of PNG’s first business […]
Whatever the size of your organisation, your brand matters
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. The post Whatever the size of your organisation, your brand matters appeared first on Business Advantage International.
Major digitisation announcements at Innovation PNG
Last week’s 2023 Innovation PNG conference showcased some of Papua New Guinea’s best and brightest. It also featured the announcement of some significant new initiatives to stimulate the digitisation of the country’s economy. A full-day program featured four international keynote speakers presenting in person, including senior representatives from KPMG, Mastercard and Konica Minolta, augmented by […]