Manasseh Maelanga, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, says the Pacific country’s new government has turned its attention to infrastructure. Measures are being put in place to encourage private sector involvement in roads, ports and industrial townships.
Roads to success: Solomon Islands’ Deputy PM on building new infrastructure
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Papua New Guinea responds to COVID-19
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As Papua New Guinea’s near neighbour, Australia, sees panic buying and mass event cancellations, PNG’s government and state-owned entities are using its global head start to set up a raft of new measures.
Boardroom briefing: the world’s most innovative nations, business start-up advice, and emerging jobs
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A look at the world’s most innovative nations, some top business start-up advice, and emerging jobs. Readings from around the world on business, leadership and management.
Phone wars: Bmobile ready to take on the competition, says CEO
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With lower prices, and more investment in customer service and infrastructure, state-owned telco Bmobile says it is ‘competition ready’ in the face of a dominant existing market leader and a new competitor due later this year.
Oil Search’s Peter Botten: the exit interview
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The departing Oil Search Managing Director tells Business Advantage PNG he remains positive about Papua New Guinea’s economic future, saying that LNG investment can help fund a stronger, more diversified economy. And he has some parting advice.
Boardroom Briefing: ICT community goes green, coronavirus and radical salary adjustments
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The UN releases new global greenhouse goals for the ICT industry, world economy at risk from the coronavirus outbreak of and the company where everyone earns the same. Readings from around the world on business, leadership and management.
Impediments: What’s really holding Papua New Guinea business back?
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Foreign exchange has gone from being a big business problem to becoming a major impediment for all businesses in Papua New Guinea. What does the future hold for this and other challenges facing business?
How to unlock funds to invest in Papua New Guinea’s infrastructure
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Commercial banks call for collaboration, communication and an awareness of risk if they are help finance what could be an infrastructure boom in Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea business to benefit from new strata title laws
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Strata titles are the start of a wide-ranging agenda of land reforms to help Papua New Guineans access the value of their land.
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