INNOVATION PNG 2025

Innovation PNG Awards

The Innovation PNG Awards were launched in 2019 by Business Advantage International and the Port Moresby Chamber of Commerce & Industry to celebrate and encourage innovation in PNG organisations and local communities. They have been awarded twice - in 2019 and 2023 - and will be held for a third time in 2025.

A Gala Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday 27th March (on the eve of Innovation PNG 2025) to announce the winners (see below).

To encourage a greater cross section of submissions, the 2025 awards categories have been expanded from 2023 and now include a total of five (5) categories as follows:

The Innovation PNG Award for Small Business (open to businesses with less than 10 employees) Sponsored by Kina Bank
The Innovation PNG Award for Large Business (open to businesses with 10 employees or more) Sponsored by Remington Group
The Innovation PNG Award for Digital Government (open to Government agencies and departments) Sponsored by Nasfund
The Innovation PNG Award for Female Innovator of the Year (open to female innovators from any sector) Sponsored by Moni Plus
Young Innovator of the Year (open to innovators from any sector, aged 21 years or under at the time of entry) Sponsored by Vodafone

How to enter

Entries open 13 January 2025 and are submitted via the link below on this page.

Your innovation could be an invention, a piece of technology, a new way of doing things in your organisation, a new product or service, or a new business for PNG.

You will be asked to tell the judges about your innovation, why it was created, what results you've had with it, and what its potential might be. You'll have the opportunity to upload supporting material too.

Prizes

The five winners - one for each category - will be announced at a special Gala Awards Dinner at The Stanley Hotel on 27 March 2025.

Winners will receive 2 tickets to the Gala Awards dinner, a unique crystal glass winner's trophy, and have the chance to speak at Innovation PNG 2025 about their innovation.

Judging

The awards will be judged by an independent panel of international and local experts appointed by POMCCI and BAI. In entering the awards, all entrants will need to acknowledge that the judges' decisions are final.

Entry deadline

You have until 5pm (Port Moresby time) on Thursday 20 February 2025 to enter. Entering the awards is free.

Click here to enter the awards

2023 Award Winners

2023 Innovation PNG Award Winner (small business): GoFood PNG
2023 Innovation PNG Award Winner (large business): MiBank
2023 Innovation PNG Award Winner (government): Credit Guarantee Corporation.

The awards were judged by an expert panel led by the futurist, Dr Jane Thomason.

Business Advantage International

Business Advantage International (BAI) has been actively involved in promoting business in PNG and the Pacific internationally since 2005. We publish the acclaimed annual Business Advantage Papua New Guinea investment guide in addition to PNG’s top-ranked business media, businessadvantagepng.com and Air Niugini’s Paradise in-flight magazine. We also host the Papua New Guinea Investment Conference annually in Brisbane.

ADDRESS

Australia

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Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Australia

P: +61 426 426 934

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Port Moresby, NCD

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