TechInPacific – The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Immigration and Citizenship Authority has launched a new e-visa portal to attract more international tourists to visit the country. The launch of e-Visa portal is backed up by the Australian Advisors through a program called the Institutional Partnership Program. The e-Visa portal is accessible through the PNG Immigration […] More
TechInPacific – MiBank, the largest micro bank in the South Pacific sets its future plans in order to reach wider areas of Papua New Guinea. The focus will be on offering digital financial solutions and preventing ‘old-fashioned fixed branches’ as its objective to grow bigger and acknowledged in the country. The CEO of MiBank, Tony Westaway […] More
TechInPacific – APEC has been forming several discussions on finding suitable digital solutions in Papua New Guinea (PNS) to address issues in health and education sectors. APEC’s key focus in the digital sector has always been about linking up big digital platforms with all the APEC economies in order to get SMEs into the marketplace. As what was stated […] More
TechInPacific – The Executive Director of APEC, Alan Bollard says that their focus of discussions has always been about discovering digital solutions that fit Papua New Guinea (PNG). To implement this, Bollard is certain that trust and integrity will be the major points. According to Bollard, PNG has always desired to implement an ‘overriding priority on […] More
TechInPacific – The digital solutions for PNG current issues in health and education have been addressed by APEC through several discussions within the members of the organizations. The main focus is on finding suitable digital solutions for the nation. The members came up with some offerings, including a solar-powered identification box as well as linking up big […] More
TechInPacific – The Coral Sea Cable System (CS2) is undergoing a communication infrastructure project from Australia to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands to provide a high-speed network that connects Honiara with Auki, Taro and Noro. The Cable System will provide faster, cheaper, and more reliable communication infrastructure to support the economic growth and […] More
TechInPacific – The Health Minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Dr. Puka Temu believes that technology is the solution to the issue of health system occurred in PNG. Moreover, he says that it is a modern way of distributing health services across the nation. He mentioned ‘e-health’ is a technology that can address current issues, […] More
TechInPacific – Oxfam is a UK-based confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations which focuses on designing payment systems, especially for crisis-affected people in the Pacific area. The payment systems provided by Oxfam including vouchers, e-transfers, and cash. Furthermore, Oxfam is devoted to providing financial assistance to people in crisis using blockchain as it is faster, […] More
TechInPacific – Loving Islands, a sustainable development organization and Tasty Island Treats Fiji, a local food and beverage startup are collaborating to boost sustainable Fijian youth startups. The initiative comes from the will to support the Fujian youth startups in agribusiness as well as manufactures. The initiative will also be followed by the opening of a […] More
TechInPacific – Airobotics, an Israel-based pilotless drone startup company opened its global headquarter operation in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. The startup company plans on hiring 80 employees for its new office by the end of next year. Currently, it already has approximately 250 employees. The CEO and Co-Founder of Airobotis, Ran Krauss stated: “Arizona was the top […] More
TechInPacific – Only recently, the Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Ledger Atlas have signed an MoU that aims to support the proposed Special Economic Zone in Finschhafen district, Morobe Province. The Special Economic Zone will focus on blockchain technology, thus, the signing of the MoU by two parties plan to further discuss the […] More
This article is sourced from an article written by Peter Kenilorea Jr. He wrote an edited summary of the speech addressed by himself at the Pacific Connect Forum at NSW Parliament House that took place on September 6, 2018. TechInPacific – According to the article, Peter stated that before the emergence of digital technology in […] More
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