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Entrepreneurs: Larry Andagali, Trans Wonderland
An entrepreneur who has gone from a career in teaching to being appointed to the board of the National Petroleum Company, potentially one of the the most important companies ever established Papua New...
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Entrepreneurs: Jerry Kapka of Kongo Coffee Ltd
When Jerry Kapka began his working life as a teacher, he never anticipated one day he would own one of Papua New Guinea’s leading coffee companies, writes Sonja Heydeman. Jerry Kapka of Kongo Coffee...
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Entrepreneurs: Duffy’s Travers Chue on coffee and fashion
At age 29, Travers Chue is an enthusiastic backer of Papua New Guinea’s fledgling café society. But as Rod Myer reports, his family’s entrepreneurial flair is also seeing the business expand. Travers...
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Entrepreneurs: Max Puritau, Paradise Spices
Managing generational change is a big challenge for any business. Kevin McQuillan speaks with 26-year-old Max Puritau, who has taken over his parents’ business, Paradise Spices, and is seeing exports...
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Entrepreneurs: Mahesh Patel OBE, Chairman of CPL Group
Fresh-faced and newly-qualified, Mahesh Patel arrived in Papua New Guinea in 1984 to take up a job as a pharmacist. Almost 30 years on, he speaks with Andrew Wilkins about the building of retail and...
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Ricochet Café: the recipe for turning street kids into entrepreneurs
You probably haven’t realised it, but on the ground floor of the Mutual Rumana building in Port Moresby’s Waigani suburb something inspirational is happening—and it’s not just five star food at two...
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Entrepreneurs: Blue7Team shows the right way to provide a service
Anyone regularly attending functions in Port Moresby will soon come across the work of event production company Blue7Team. Business Advantage PNG speaks with co-founder Naraai Banam on the challenges...
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Linda Paru outlines path to being a successful businesswoman in Papua New Guinea
Education, determination and passion are the main driving forces behind the success of Linda Sincha Paru, an Human Resources specialist, who is now expanding the business she established almost five...
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Could Papua New Guinea develop a generation of technology entrepreneurs?
Information and telecommunications technology can be a driver of new jobs and business efficiency in Papua New Guinea. Technology specialist Priscilla Kevin tells Business Advantage PNG of her own...
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A small loan sparks a multi-million kina recruitment business
In 2008, with encouragement and a small loan from a colleague, George Griffin set up the recruitment business CC Pacific in partnership with Cadden Crowe. Seven years and a lot of hard work later, he...
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Entrepreneurs: Local developer’s mobile apps making it easier to do business...
From self-service to bringing buyers and sellers together, software developer Shadrach Jaungere’s smartphone apps are making it easier for Papua New Guineans to do business. And there are more to come,...
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Papua New Guinea’s Collins Shipping teams up with Chinese explorers to take...
The search for new business avenues sees Port Moresby’s Collins Shipping teaming up with Chinese maritime researchers to do a voyage to the bottom of the sea. And there’s the prospect of a new...
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Entrepreneur: Roberta Morlin, women’s health app developer
Roberta Morlin is developing an app that will be able to provide direct medical consultation for women in remote PNG. She explains to Business Advantage PNG how it would work and the challenges of...
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Papua New Guinea entrepreneurs trial digital technology for cancer diagnosis
Trials have begun of a way to use the internet to improve the diagnosis of cancer biopsies. It is another PNG innovation that has grown out of the KumulGamechangers Competition, as entrant co-founder,...
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Entrepreneur: ICT specialist and Kumul GameChangers finalist, Panu Kasar
Perseverance and execution are the keys to being a successful businessperson, according to Panu Kasar, one of the 12 finalists in the Kumul GameChangers Competition, which is designed to ‘bring to...
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Mapai Transport branches out to ‘rebalance’ trade links between Papua New...
After 20 years building a successful transport company, Mapai Transport founder Jacob Luke is exploring ways to correct PNG’s trade imbalance with NZ, and providing training opportunities for young...
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Entrepreneur: Coconut product manufacturer, Ernestine Maxtone-Graham
Domestic and global demand for coconut products will see this Papua New Guinea producer relocate, expand and create new lines. The Director of MaxtoneHaus, Ernestine Maxtone-Graham, talks to Business...
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Young Bitcoin entrepreneur brings Silicon Valley to Papua New Guinea
A young Papua New Guinean entrepreneur is bringing Silicon Valley to PNG to help boost financial inclusion in the country. Day One Investments’ Shane Ninai tells Business Advantage PNG of his plans to...
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Female entrepreneurs call for improvement in ‘ease of doing business’ in...
The Editor of Stella magazine, Amanda Donigi, claims Papua New Guinea risks losing its young entrepreneurs unless business conditions are enhanced. Her comments are echoed by House of Xen founder,...
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Duffy’s prepares to take Papua New Guinea coffee to China
Five years after opening the first of three Duffy’s cafés in Port Moresby, owner and entrepreneur Travers Chue is preparing to expand overseas, marketing Papua New Guinea specialty coffee and premium...
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