Young Papua New Guinea digital entrepreneurs are developing followings in film and podcasts. They are bringing something relatively new to the country.
Papua New Guinea digital entrepreneurs make strides in new and old media
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4 Feb 2019 by 1 Comment
Unitech’s new ‘Uni-City’ development to get underway next year, says Vice-Chancellor
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A new development on the Papua New Guinea University of Technology’s campus in Lae will give PNG’s second city its first shopping mall. Vice-Chancellor Dr Albert Schram tells Business Advantage PNG the plan includes housing, shops, banks and business offices.
Lae’s Unitech undergoes ‘cultural change’ to produce better qualified students
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12 Jul 2017 by 3 Comments
Albert Schram, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Technology (Unitech) in Lae, tells Business Advantage PNG that the institution is undergoing a broad ‘cultural change’. The aim is to create closer ties with business in order to produce better qualified graduates.
Medium orbit satellites bring low-cost, high performance Internet to Papua New Guinea and the Pacific
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25 Sep 2015 by 4 Comments
Satellite-enabled phone and data services have often been considered a technology of last resort, due to relatively high costs and quality constraints. However, Dutch company O3b is pioneering the next generation of cheaper, more reliable satellite communications in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific—good news for a region where getting connected can be a major challenge.
Overcoming chronic lack of skilled tradespeople in Papua New Guinea requires more government funding, say industry leaders
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16 Jun 2015 by 2 Comments
An analysis of foreign workers coming to Papua New Guinea since 2000 indicates a chronic lack of skilled tradespeople, according to Lae-based business leaders. While skills training initiatives are under way, an expected surge in mining projects over the next few years highlights the urgency for more skilled workers.
Lae: Papua New Guinea’s manufacturing hub
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1 Sep 2012 by Leave a Comment
PNG’s second-largest city is the focal point for the nation’s downstream processing industries. Although it plays second fiddle to the national capital Port Moresby, Lae in Morobe Province is PNG’s industrial capital and boasts considerable activity in manufacturing, trading, agribusiness and, more recently, fisheries. Lae: the facts Despite being the second city in a country […]
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