Local small business owners and entrepreneurs from Lae, Papua New Guinea, and Port Vila, Vanuatu, participated in two Pacific Connect workshops throughout January and February to improve their online business strategies and promotion skills. Over the past two weeks, eight participants from Lae and 21 from Port Vila have graduated from our latest ‘Effective Social Media’ Workshops, delivered by Coconut Wireless.
DP Immersive in partnership with Jeune Creative and Pacific Connect is seeking to bring creative mindsets in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea for its first AR/VR Workshop in February. Registration is open now to take the first ten (10) participants for this compelling augmented and virtual reality session that will roll out between February and March 2022.
Looking back at 2021.
2021 has been an enormous year for our Pacific Hubs, which operate as pop-up hosting facilities in eight locations: Port Moresby, Lae, Honiara, Apia, Port Vila, Suva, Nadi-Lautoka and Nuku’alofa.
Opportunities come when we connect with new professionals, to share ideas and experiences. This has been one of the pillars of the Pacific Connect Program. I am a young entrepreneur and I have been a member of the vibrant Pacific Connect Community for almost three years now. In this article, I wish to share five reasons why you should join us if you are an aspiring entrepreneur.
Shurti Kumar, Pacific Connect Hub Coordinator for Nadi – Lautoka, shares a reflection of the most recent annual Ideas Exchange.
Tonga Pacific Connect Hub Coordinator, Seluvaia Kauvaka, provides an overview of ICDP’s relationship with TWICT.
We interviewed Torika Kalman, a Pacific Connect Community member from Vanuatu, about her journey with the program and how it’s helped her as an emerging leader develop connections and upskill.
The Pacific Tech Academy was established in October 2020 and is a collaboration between Pacific Connect and Common Code. The Academy aims to operate across six Pacific Islands; PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji.
The participants of the GAP Pacific and Small Island Nations Summit, convened online on 18 June 2021 to discuss a ‘blue recovery’ for the Pacific in the wake of COVID-19. We also considered the need for an environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework to underpin greater regional resilience, and worked towards a shared vision for the region’s future.
