Fiji Airports secures major financing facility through ANZ and AIFFP
FIJI AIRPORTS MEDIA RELEASE Fiji Airports secures major financing facility through ANZ Fiji and the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) Fiji Airports has secured a multimillion-dollar finance facility through ANZ in partnership with...
COCONUT WIRELESS – Mr Thomas Jacobs, IFC
In the first edition of APIBC’s Coconut Wireless, Tom Jacobs, Country Manager, International Finance Corporation, usually based in Sydney, talks about IFC supporting business in the Pacific. Tom is interviewed by APIBC Vice-president, Mr Jason Thomas. Here is the...
Australia provides 560,000 vaccines to Fiji to date
The Australia Fiji Business Council congratulates the Australian Government on its provision to date of 560,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Fiji, with a target of providing 1 million doses. Fiji aims to vaccinate at least 586,651 adults, and is well on its way to...
Outcome Statement for the 36th APNG Business Forum
We are pleased to present the finalized Outcome Statement for this event.APNGBF36 Outcome Statement ******* 36th AUSTRALIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA BUSINESS FORUM. BRISBANE, 24 TO 26 MAY 2021. REIMAGINING THE FUTURE PAPUA NEW GUINEA. The 36th Australia Papua New Guinea...
UPDATE on 36th Australia Papua New Guinea Business Forum and Trade Expo Event
36TH AUSTRALIA PAPUA NEW GUINEA BUSINESS FORUM, 24 TO 26 MAY 2021: The 36th Australia Papua New Guinea Business Forum and Trade Expo will take place at the Royal International Convention Centre (Showgrounds) in Brisbane commencing on Monday evening 24 May 2021 with an...
36th Australia Papua New Guinea Business Forum Registration open
The Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council and the Business Council of Papua New Guinea are pleased to re-launch the 36th Australia Papua New Guinea Business Forum and Trade Expo deferred from 2020 to 24 to 26 May 2021. For the first time ever, this event will be...
Profiling Women On Boards In The Pacific
Our member, Pacific Legal Network, recently interviewed two women on boards in the Pacific. Linked here are their stories. Profiling Women on Boards in the Pacific: Liz Pechan (pln.com.au) Profiling Women on Boards in the Pacific: Taulapapa Brenda Heather-Latu...
COVID-19 Vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Fiji
Fiji became the first country in the Pacific islands to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. View the full press release here. The post COVID-19 Vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Fiji...
Vale Sir Michael Somare
Vale The Honourable Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare GCL GCMG CH CF SSI KStJ KSG The Australia Papua New Guinea Business Council expresses its condolences to the family of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare and to the people of Papua New Guinea on the occasion of his...
APIBC Meeting with Pacific Minister
Senior Executive members of the Australia Pacific Islands Business Council were pleased to meet on two recent occasions with the Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator the Hon Zed Seselja in Brisbane and in Canberra. The post APIBC Meeting...
Pacific nations recovery needs regional solutions
ANZ Banking Group writes here that a step up in engagement by the Australian and New Zealand governments, combined with regional and international economic support over the past year, has cushioned the initial blow of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moving forward, labour...
Australian Government Assisting Fijian Recovery From Cyclone Yasa
The Australia Fiji Business Council welcomes continuing assistance to the Fijian people in their recovery from Cycle Yasa through work being undertaken in Fiji by the Australian Defence Force. More here. The post Australian Government Assisting Fijian Recovery From...