Trials have begun of a way to use the internet to improve the diagnosis of cancer biopsies. It is another PNG innovation that has grown out of the KumulGamechangers Competition, as entrant co-founder, Dr Rodney Itaki, explains to Business Advantage PNG.
Papua New Guinea entrepreneurs trial digital technology for cancer diagnosis
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9 Aug 2016 by 12 Comments
Autonomous Bougainville Government likely to take up extra shares in BCL, says Momis
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The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) says it is likely to put exploration licences out to international tender as a first step towards restarting the K177 billion Panguna gold and copper mine. Governor John Momis tells Business Advantage PNG he expects the ABG to take up Rio Tinto’s offer of shares, claiming that the national government should pass on the shares it was given by Rio to the ABG.
Meet Kumulsoft, Papua New Guinea’s home grown software developer
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27 Jul 2016 by 18 Comments
Two years ago, Port Moresby based ICT company, Kumulsoft, branched out into writing tailored software products for local companies and government departments. Now they have six major clients on the books, as well as a number of law firms. Partner Marsh Narewec explains their success to Business Advantage PNG.
The battle for InterOil: what’s in it for Papua New Guinea?
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20 Jul 2016 by Leave a Comment
Next week, the Papua New Guinea-focused gas explorer InterOil may well have a new owner, after its shareholders consider rival offers from Oil Search and ExxonMobil. Business Advantage PNG considers the implications for PNG’s second gas project, Papua LNG and the wider economy.
Entrepreneur: Roberta Morlin, women’s health app developer
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20 Jul 2016 by 6 Comments
Roberta Morlin is developing an app that will be able to provide direct medical consultation for women in remote PNG. She explains to Business Advantage PNG how it would work and the challenges of being a young entrepreneur in PNG.
Third stage of minimum wage increase for Papua New Guinea workers effective from July
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15 Jun 2016 by 7 Comments
The minimum wage in PNG will rise to K3.50 an hour from 1 July, from the current rate of K3.36.
More choice for Papua New Guinea beer drinkers as Vitis starts brewery
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Traditionally a producer of beverages, spirits, liquors, juices and coffee, Vitis Industries is now producing its own range of beers. Already two are on the market, with another five about to go on sale.
Papua New Guinea’s Collins Shipping teams up with Chinese explorers to take adventurers 11,000 metres below sea level
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1 Jun 2016 by 10 Comments
The search for new business avenues sees Port Moresby’s Collins Shipping teaming up with Chinese maritime researchers to do a voyage to the bottom of the sea. And there’s the prospect of a new adventure tourism activity. Kevin McQuillan reports
Consumer trust the key to boosting mobile banking in the Pacific
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24 May 2016 by 1 Comment
The key to boosting the use of mobile phone banking services in the Pacific is ‘trust’ in the system, particularly as mobile phone providers themselves begin providing financial services, according to a new report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
In brief: Chamber calls for action over lack of foreign exchange, and other business stories
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Lae business leader warns of job cuts if forex problem not solved soon, Tourism Minister says PNG lags behind Vanuatu and Fiji in tourism spend, and 1,000 SMEs to close when asylum seeker centre closes. Your weekly digest of the latest business news.
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