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Opinion: How Papua New Guinea can cash in on coffee

15 Jul 2024 by Devpolicy Blog Leave a Comment

The Papua New Guinea Highlands has the potential to see a lucrative coffee boom if only it can weather key production and price issues, argue the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Rishabh Mukerjee and colleagues.
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Opinion: How Papua New Guinea can achieve economies of scale in housing

1 Jul 2024 by Logea Nao Leave a Comment

Housing is in high demand in Papua New Guinea, especially in Port Moresby and Lae. Large housing developments can increase supply, but regulators and developers must work together to reduce the costs, argues the PNG National Research Institute’s Logea Nao.
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City Pharmacy Group’s Sir Mahesh Patel on the impact of Port Moresby’s January 10 riots

31 May 2024 by Sir Mahesh Patel 1 Comment

The rioting in Port Moresby on 10 January this year severely affected businesses in Papua New Guinea’s capital. CPL Group's Sir Mahesh Patel reveals the impact on the major retailer, its people, and the many businesses that support it, and considers the root causes of the unrest.
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Cocoa drives Papua New Guinea’s cash-crop boom

21 May 2024 by Kishti Sen 1 Comment

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is poised to record its best-ever annual cash-crop export revenue in 2024, largely on the back of surging global cocoa prices, notes ANZ economist Kishti Sen.
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ExxonMobil PNG’s Tera Shandro on the next decade of LNG in Papua New Guinea

7 May 2024 by Tera Shandro 2 Comments

A decade on from the opening of PNG LNG, Papua New Guinea's first gas project, ExxonMobil PNG's Chairperson and Managing Director Tera Shandro reflects on the progress so far and the potential of forthcoming projects such as the K5 billion Angore project and the Wildebeest prospect.
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Mobile internet prices falling in Papua New Guinea [analysis]

4 Apr 2024 by Amanda Watson 8 Comments

After years of high prices for mobile data in Papua New Guinea, consumers are now able to access lower prices that represent better value. Amanda H A Watson and Moses Sakai present their latest analysis of data prices.
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What does the 2024 PNG 100 CEO Survey tell us? [analysis]

21 Mar 2024 by Justin Smirk Leave a Comment

While business confidence is largely sustained in this year’s PNG 100 CEO Survey, there are rising concerns about several business impediments. Westpac Senior Economist Justin Smirk provides his analysis of this year's survey results.
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Opinion: Is Papua New Guinea’s kina really depreciating?

9 Feb 2024 by Devpolicy Blog Leave a Comment

Amid fears of further declines in the value of Papua New Guinea's currency, the kina, economists Bobby Kunda and Stephen Howes analyse how the kina has been performing against all its key trading currencies – and come to some surprising conclusions.
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Registrations are open 2024 Papua New Guinea Investment Conference
Registrations are now officially open for the 2024 Business Advantage Papua New Guinea Investment Conference. The conference will take place in Brisbane, 12 and 13 August, at the premium Plaza Auditorium at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane. On Day 1 the futurist Chris Riddell, former Chief Digital Officer at Mars will deliver the keynote address. On Day 2 Matt Dri, Secretary, Cyber […]
Papua New Guinea’s premier business magazine to publish a special mining and energy edition
With a strong decade on the horizon for mining and energy in Papua New Guinea, Business Advantage PNG is set to publish its first special edition devoted solely to these sectors. As PNG’s resources sector gears up for an anticipated decade or more of new investment, with an estimated US$50 billion pipeline of projects lined […]
Futurist Chris Riddell announced as keynote speaker for 2024 PNG Investment Conference
We are delighted to announce that futurist Chris Riddell, former Chief Digital Officer at Mars, will be providing the keynote address on Day 1 of the 2024 Papua New Guinea Investment Conference (12 & 13 August in Brisbane). Chris is a recognised trend spotter, frequent media commentator, and digital expert with unparalleled insights into emerging […]

Opinion: How Papua New Guinea can cash in on coffee

Opinion: How Papua New Guinea can achieve economies of scale in housing

City Pharmacy Group’s Sir Mahesh Patel on the impact of Port Moresby’s January 10 riots

Cocoa drives Papua New Guinea’s cash-crop boom

ExxonMobil PNG’s Tera Shandro on the next decade of LNG in Papua New Guinea

Mobile internet prices falling in Papua New Guinea [analysis]

What does the 2024 PNG 100 CEO Survey tell us? [analysis]

Opinion: Is Papua New Guinea’s kina really depreciating?

A Papua New Guinea-Australia security framework: not a treaty but solid nonetheless [Opinion]

Editorial: Charting Papua New Guinea’s innovation journey

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