Our readers were focused on the future in 2025, with articles on key resources projects, growth plans and the turnaround proposal for an embattled state-owned enterprise all featuring heavily in Business Advantage PNG‘s top-read articles for the year. Not surprisingly in PNG’s jubilee year, there was also high interest for coverage of Papua New Guinea’s 50th anniversary of independence.
New Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer for ICCC, new Head of Corporates and Institutions at TISA Bank, American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Coral Sea appoints new board for 2026, and a Marketing and Events Manager for Business Advantage International.
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.
As more institutions are considering ways to connect to the unbanked population of Papua New Guinea, mobile wallets are emerging as a potential game changer for the sector. Charlotte Armstrong examines the key players in PNG’s mobile money market.
Papua New Guinea’s financial institutions are playing a leadership role in digitalising its economy. The country’s bankers talk to Business Advantage PNG about their major investments in new technology, and how this is driving business growth.
The Teachers Savings and Loan Society (TISA) was granted a commercial banking licence by the Bank of Papua New Guinea in 2024. TISA Group CEO Michael Koisen shares the new bank’s growth plans in an exclusive interview with Business Advantage PNG.
Credit Corporation was one of two financial institutions to receive PNG commercial banking licences this month, with more new banks planned. Credit Corp’s Chief Executive Danny Robinson outlines his bank’s digital-first approach, while the IFC’s Kevin Gani explains the path forward for other prospective banks.
Ok Tedi Mining and TISA Community Finance appoint new CEOs, new board members for PNGX and Credit Corporation PNG, while Geopacific Resources has a new interim CEO.
Central Bank awards in principle banking licence to Credit Corporation, Japanese delegation visits proposed Special Economic Zone locations in Papua New Guinea, and Newmont’s proposal to combine with Newcrest Mining. Your business news in summary.
We speak with Philip Dotana Hehonah, Company Secretary and Head of Legal at Teachers Savings and Loan Society, about leadership and success. He is the second interviewee in our six-part series showcasing Papua New Guineans under 40 who are leading the next generation.
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