by DevNadkarni | Oct 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, News
The 14th Australia Solomon Islands Business Forum will take place in Brisbane on 17-19 November 2025, bringing together senior government officials, business leaders and investors from both countries. Organised by the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council in...
by DevNadkarni | Oct 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, News
During a September 2025 visit to Port Moresby, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) celebrated 50 years of operations in Papua New Guinea while revising its Pacific economic outlook upwards. The ADB credited Papua New Guinea’s mining, LNG and infrastructure sectors for...
by DevNadkarni | Oct 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, News
Papua New Guinea’s stock market recorded a series of significant updates in September 2025 as several listed companies announced corporate actions reflecting steady progress across sectors. PNG Air held a special shareholders’ meeting on 22 September to ratify...
by DevNadkarni | Oct 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, News
Papua New Guinea is racing to strengthen its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing framework after the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) signalled in October 2025 that the country risks being placed on its grey list. Such a move would undermine...
by DevNadkarni | Oct 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, News
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced in September 2025 an equity investment in TWM Group, one of Papua New Guinea’s leading waste management and environmental services companies. The financing package, which includes both capital and technical...
by DevNadkarni | Oct 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, News
The World Bank has appointed Han Fraeters as Regional Director for Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Announced in late September 2025, the appointment reflects the Bank’s intent to deepen engagement with Pacific Island governments. Fraeters, an economist...
by DevNadkarni | Oct 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, News
The International Monetary Fund has delivered a cautiously optimistic review of Papua New Guinea’s economic progress following its September 2025 consultation in Port Moresby. The IMF said the government’s reform agenda under the Extended Credit Facility was producing...
by DevNadkarni | Oct 5, 2025 | 2025, Blog, News
Businesses for Health PNG will host its annual Workplace HIV Workshop at the Gateway Hotel, Port Moresby, on Wednesday, 5 November 2025, under the banner “Triple Elimination – HIV, Hepatitis B & Syphilis.” The one-day forum, timed to precede World AIDS Day, will...
by DevNadkarni | Sep 8, 2025 | 2025, Blog, News
We are proud to report that the Pacific Infrastructure Conference 2025 set a new benchmark for Pacific business engagement. Over three high-energy days in Brisbane, our flagship event brought together 650+ delegates, 80 speakers and more than 40 exhibitors from 20...
by DevNadkarni | Sep 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Politicians from across the region used the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council-led Pacific Infrastructure Conference in Brisbane to signal an investment agenda built on local content, climate resilience and better connectivity. Their messages to contractors,...
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