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What does the 2025 PNG 100 CEO Survey tell us?

19 Mar 2025 by Justin Smirk Leave a Comment

This year's PNG 100 CEO Survey reveals a positive shift in sentiment among Papua New Guinea business leaders, although longstanding impediments remain. Justin Smirk, Westpac Senior Economist, provides his analysis of this year's survey results.
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Papua New Guinea can become an innovation nation

11 Mar 2025 by Andrew Wilkins Leave a Comment

Technological advances present PNG with enormous opportunities to develop its own solutions to the challenges it faces. This month’s Innovation PNG Conference and Expo is about encouraging the culture to create the necessary innovation.
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Opinion: What will US aid cuts mean for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific?

11 Feb 2025 by Terence Wood 1 Comment

The United States’ Trump Administration's freeze on foreign aid will be felt around the world, including in Papua New Guinea. Terence Wood of the Australian National University’s Development Policy Centre breaks down the potential impact on PNG and the Pacific.
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Analysis: Mobile internet prices remained stable in Papua New Guinea in 2024

23 Jan 2025 by Amanda Watson Leave a Comment

Mobile internet prices were stable in PNG in 2024, with the country’s three mobile network operators making only minor changes to some offerings, according to the latest data analysis from a team of Australian and Papua New Guinean researchers who monitor the market.
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Analysis: Papua New Guinea capital markets delivered excellent returns in 2024

13 Jan 2025 by Lars Mortensen Leave a Comment

Papua New Guinea investors enjoyed substantial returns in both the fixed-interest and equities asset classes last year, according to an exclusive analysis for Business Advantage PNG by JMP Securities Managing Director Lars Mortensen.
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Opinion: Cultural understanding the key to winning business in Papua New Guinea

5 Nov 2024 by Maryanne Kepui Leave a Comment

Papua New Guinea holds tremendous potential for foreign investors. However, understanding of local cultural nuances is critical to developing relationships and achieving long-term business success in the country, writes Maryanne Kepui.
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Top 8 geopolitical risks for businesses in Papua New Guinea [Opinion]

8 Oct 2024 by KPMG Australia Geopolitics Hub Leave a Comment

Geopolitics is increasingly having an impact on businesses in Papua New Guinea across all sectors. In this piece, the team at KPMG Australia's Geopolitics Hub shares their top eight geopolitical risks for PNG businesses to watch out for.
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Opinion: A fix to PNG’s kina and forex woes

25 Sep 2024 by Kishti Sen 6 Comments

The Bank of Papua New Guinea and the International Monetary Fund believe continued depreciation of the kina is the way to alleviate the country’s ongoing foreign exchange shortages. ANZ economists Kishti Sen and Tom Kenny argue there are better alternatives.
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From the desk of the Innovation PNG Conference Program Director
Papua New Guinea can become an innovation nation. Innovation, simply put, is the solving of problems by using new ideas, methods and tools. PNG has a great example from its own history. Some 9000 years ago in the Waghi Valley, near what is now Mt Hagen, people first decided to drain and divert water in […]
“Business Advantage Fiji” to showcase Fiji’s economy
A new international publication aimed at promoting Fiji as a business and investment destination will be published in mid-2025. Business Advantage Fiji, the latest in a respected series of international guides to Asia-Pacific economies, will be published in July 2025 by leading regional business media company, Business Advantage International. Written by professional business journalists, the […]
Four questions with Chris Riddell, keynote speaker at 2024 PNG Investment Conference
Chris Riddell, renowned futurist and former Chief Digital Officer at Mars, tells Business Advantage PNG why the chaos of our modern world presents an excellent opportunity for business leaders. Business Advantage PNG (BAPNG): What are the key things business leaders tell you they are worried about as far as the future is concerned? Chris Riddell […]

What does the 2025 PNG 100 CEO Survey tell us?

Papua New Guinea can become an innovation nation

Opinion: What will US aid cuts mean for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific?

Analysis: Mobile internet prices remained stable in Papua New Guinea in 2024

Analysis: Papua New Guinea capital markets delivered excellent returns in 2024

Opinion: Cultural understanding the key to winning business in Papua New Guinea

Top 8 geopolitical risks for businesses in Papua New Guinea [Opinion]

Opinion: A fix to PNG’s kina and forex woes

Opinion: Papua New Guinea’s foreign exchange challenges

Opinion: How Papua New Guinea can cash in on coffee

Editor’s picks

Industry update: Papua New Guinea’s mining and gas project pipeline starts to flow

Exclusive: Barrick CEO Mark Bristow’s vision for Porgera gold mine

Report from the 2024 Papua New Guinea Investment Conference

Australia’s new Pacific Engagement Visa an ‘opportunity’ for PNG businesses

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