It’s a story of innovation; where local fish farmers in the Simbu Province are using garden food like sweet potato (Kaukau) and cassava, to make fish feed, or aquafeed. On the last day of the World Indigenous Business Forum (WIBF) at the APEC Haus in Port Moresby, PNGHAUSBUNG spoke to the Simbu Inland Fish Farmers Cooperative Society (SIFFCS) who are main characters behind this story. The SIFFCS are being assisted in the creation of this aquafeed, by the National Fisheries Authority. At the SIFFCS booth set up at the APEC Haus in Port Moresby, there were displays of the ground…
Author: Helen-Jennifer BUBUWAU
Paul Wai Kaupa and his wife are coffee farmers from Gumine District in the Chimbu Province. They are one of three groups of small medium enterprises (SME) that flew into Port Moresby, with assistance of the Chimbu Provincial Government, Division of Live Stock & Fisheries (DALF), to attend the World Indigenous Business Forum (WIBF) at the APEC Haus in Port Moresby from the 24th to the 26th of October, 2023. Mr. Paul spoke to PNG HAUSBUNG from his colorful display booth that was set up in the corridors of the APEC Haus as to what he hopes to gain out…
“You have come into the global capital of indigenous communities.” PNG Prime Minister James Marape, said this in his keynote address at the second day of the World Indigenous Business Forum (WIBF), at the APEC Haus in Port Moresby. He spoke in front of members of indigenous communities from within PNG & across the world. PM Marape said, in the past 4 years, he & his government have focused on promoting Micro Small & Medium & Enterprises (MSME) and how members of PNG’s indigenous communities can work within their capacity, to tap into opportunities and secure business connectivity, to enhance…
Easy Yoke Fresh Juice Product, a PNG owned and registered SME, specializes in freshly squeezed fruit juice; a healthy and refreshing product that has become a hit, amongst weekend market goers in Port Moresby. The SME was created by and is headed by 24-year-old Mr. Pattison Brownie, who juggles his roles as a juicer, warehouse worker and student. He is assisted by his small sister and her husband, along with a couple of his church mates. PNGHAUSBUNG spoke to Easy Yoke Fresh Juice Product Owner and asked him first, how he came up with the name for his SME. “I…
Nawaeb District Students attending the University of Goroka, have been praised for presenting their acquittals, back to the Nawaeb District Administration. The students were given funding of K50 000 upon special circumstances affecting their accommodation status whilst attending the institution at Goroka. The acquittals were presented during their closing function recently and received by Nawaeb MP Theo Pelgen’s representatives, Nawaeb DDA Members, Church & Youth Representative Mr Eric Mantaung and Mr Jimmy Amati. MP Pelgen said that this is true character of leadership shown by the students to show clearly how the funds were spent and distributed according to its…
Papua New Guinea (PNG) attend the recent weeklong South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO) Meeting that concluded on the 20th of October with the South Pacific Tourism Minister’s Council Meeting in Tahiti’s Capital Papeete. PNG was represented at the SPTO Meeting by a delegation that was headed by and included the Minister for Tourism Arts & Culture, Mr. Henry Isi Leonard, and Executive Director of the National Cultural Commission Mr. Steven Kilanda. The meeting comprised of two panel discussions comprised of Tourism Minister’s from countries across the Pacific. As a panellist in the Council of Tourism Minister, MP Leonard emphasized the…
Karanas Comfort Tours (KCT), a PNG owned and operated SME based out of Kavieng in the New Ireland Province, was recently recognized, and awarded for their efforts in promoting tourism in the country. But it was not an easy road to get where they are today, as the owner and operator of Tour Operator, Ms. Alice Alu explained. Setting up business in the year the Covid-19 Pandemic hit the world, shutting down borders and the steady flow of international tourists into the country, KCT faced an uncertain future. Alice explained that it was through the Entrepreneurship & New Venture Program…
The Morobe Provincial Agriculture Show is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee this year; that is, 60 years of what the Show’s Committee describe as the most high-profile annual event conducted in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Morobe Provincial Agricultural Show Committee’s President Mr. Mike Quinn was proud when announcing this milestone. “It is a remarkable phenomenon for a show of this size and caliber to be surviving and thriving, where many other shows in PNG have faltered,” he said. He stated that it is an incredible example of what committed, community minded volunteers can achieve. “This year is a milestone event, the…
A music competition that came about in 2021 on the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, recently held their grand finale recently. Bougainville Voice X-plosion, a unique collaboration between First Nations musicians from Bougainville and Australia, was initially conceived by Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) President Ishmael Toroama, ABG Minister for Community Development Morris Opeti MP, and filmmaker Llane Munau to showcase the talent and creativity of young Bougainvillean musicians and celebrate the diversity of their cultures. The six finalists of the competition came from all over the island of Bougainville, to battle it out in a show that included traditional dancers and…
All works on roads and bridges in Nawaeb District, must be facilitated by the National Department of Works and Highways. This was the advice of the Chief Ombudsman Commissioner, Mr. Richard Pagen, who accompanied by the Member for Nawaeb Theo Pelgen, Nawaeb District Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Buds Botikie, Nawaeb District Technical Team and Provincial Works Department Engineers, on a road inspection in the District. He was then given a comprehensive inspection of the collapsed Busu Bridge at Boana and emphasized strongly for quality and durable work to be carried out on the construction of a new bridge. He…