David Kavanamur, Managing Director of Kumul Consolidated Holdings, detailed the terms for PNG Power’s partial privatisation at the 2026 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference. The sale takes place against a backdrop of continuing power outages – a situation that could intensify as El Niño hits PNG, Business Advantage PNG has learned.
In this piece prepared for Business Advantage PNG, Elizabeth Genia, Governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea, sets out the central bank’s work to keep prices stable, broaden financial inclusion and drive reforms of the financial sector – while also keeping an eye on emerging new challenges to the economy.
Beyond a unique set of immediate challenges, investors have a growing number of reasons to be optimistic about the outlook for Papua New Guinea heading into the PNG Investment Conference in Brisbane on 10-11 August.
Dr Ben Hamer, an international expert on the future of work, shares his views on which skills will be most in demand in the economies of the future – and where Papua New Guinea fits into the changing nature of work.
Saul Kavonic, Head of Energy Research at MST Financial, provides his outlook for the global LNG market and shares why Papua New Guinea is such a critical part of global supply, in this recorded interview with Business Advantage PNG.
Papua New Guinea’s Mineral Resources Development Company is one of the country’s largest institutional investors, with more than K12 billion in assets under management. Its Chief Investment Officer and Deputy CEO John Tuaim revealed five areas where more investment is needed at this month’s 2025 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference.
Speakers at this year’s 2025 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference touched on a range of key themes, including the need to strengthen the country’s institutions and its ‘human capacity’, and provided updates on key projects such as PNG Power’s turnaround plan, major resources projects and the strategies of leading banks and financial institutions.
Richard Maru, Papua New Guinea’s Minister for International Trade and Investment, outlined the Marape-Rosso government’s wide-ranging plans to transform the economy in the opening speech at the 2025 Business Advantage PNG Investment Conference.
While Papua New Guinea joining Australia’s National Rugby League competition in 2028 might be taking up column inches in Australian newspapers, the bigger story belongs in the business pages.
With tariffs, military conflict and geopolitics at play, it’s already been an extraordinary year for the global economy. We speak with eminent economist Chris Richardson, who will be keynote speaker at this year’s PNG Investment Conference in August, for his views on what it all means for business.
1 2