Foreign exchange shortages have been the biggest impediment to business in Papua New Guinea for more than a decade. But the situation has improved dramatically in 2025, and businesses are reaping the benefits, as leading CEOs share with Business Advantage PNG.
Pacific Industries
A new K70 million plant represents a big step forward for Pacific Industries. Director Everett Chue tells Business Advantage PNG that the facility will also provide a range of benefits to his business.
After an on-again, off-again presence in Papua New Guinea, Pacific Industries has relaunched Pepsi – and they are empowering people to set up SMEs to sell it.
Papua New Guinea’s Pacific Industries has created the wildly popular homegrown soft drink GoGo Cola. Now, the company has won the rights to manufacture Pepsi products in PNG and is also set to expand into China. Kevin McQuillan reports.