Information Sharing Session – Financial Literacy

Registrations for the latest 'Financial Literacy' information session for emerging Pacific and Australian women in business are open! Find out more and apply here.

Profiling Pacific Women in Business – Pacific Connect’s first Dialogue for 2022

Pacific Connect’s first Dialogue of the year ‘Profiling Pacific Women in Business’ was held on 16 February. The online event brought together forty two new and existing Community members in a new interview style format. Participants from five countries joined the 1.5-hour ‘conversation’ virtually and in person, with Pacific Connect Hubs convened in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, and Port Vila, Vanuatu.

Effective Social Media Workshops kick-start 2022 program

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.

Registrations open for AR/VR PNG Workshop

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.

The Value of the Pacific Connect Community

Looking back at 2021.
Pacific Hubs 2021 EOY celebrations

Pacific Hubs reflect on 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.

Five reasons to join the Pacific Connect Program

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.

Looking back on the Pacific Connect Ideas Exchange

Shurti Kumar, Pacific Connect Hub Coordinator for Nadi - Lautoka, shares a reflection of the most recent annual Ideas Exchange.

Supporting Tonga Women in ICT

Tonga Pacific Connect Hub Coordinator, Seluvaia Kauvaka, provides an overview of ICDP's relationship with TWICT.

Advancing digital literacy with the Pacific Tech Academy

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.