Opinion: Ending the ‘brain drain’ in Papua New Guinea agriculture

Steve Woodhouse, Regional Manager NGI at Farmset and host of EMTV's Farming PNG program, tells Business Advantage PNG that Papua New Guinea's farmers are innovative and quick to learn. In the second of a two-part interview, he says it is essential to encourage more 'movers and shakers' to get involved in agriculture.
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Opinion: What Papua New Guinea must do to achieve digital financial inclusion

Papua New Guinea has a high level of mobile phone penetration, but Tony Westaway, Chief Executive of MiBank, believes the country has significant barriers to overcome if it is to achieve optimum financial inclusion in the digital age. He outlines some of the issues to Business Advantage PNG.
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Opinion: The Institute of National Affairs reaches a milestone as the voice of reason in Papua New Guinea

The Papua New Guinea Institute of National Affairs celebrates 40 years this year as the country’s leading ‘think tank’, research and public policy advisory service for government and business on key economic issues. Executive Director, Paul Barker, reflects on its history and achievements.
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Opinion: Papua New Guinea economy to remain weak but Lae business hopeful of an upturn

The Papua New Guinea economy is not likely to improve greatly in the first half of the year, says Alan McLay, President of the Lae Chamber of Commerce. But he believes companies in Lae – PNG's manufacturing and logistics hub – remain hopeful of an upturn and he expects some positive developments with power provision.
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