By Angus Delaney Elisabeta Waqa founded her business, The Lovo Queen, during the pandemic with a few key principles – passion, faith, hope and love. Speaking to a full auditorium at The University of The South Pacific’s Entrepreneurs Fair this week, Waqa shared her experience as business owner and single […]
A new market for the women of Nui Island Community on Funafuti has officially opened. The Tuvalu Department of Trade had worked together with the Nui Island community through the Enhanced Integrated Framework TIPS project to establish the new market. Minister for Local Government and Agriculture, Saaga Talu, was in […]
Adimaimalaga Tafuna’i is the keynote speaker for Fiji’s second Women Invigorating the Nation (WIN) Convention. Tafuna’i is a Co-founder and Executive Director of Women in Business Development Inc in Samoa. Since 1991, Tafuna’i has led the organisation through several transitions, which included shifting from economic empowerment for urban women to […]
Fiji’s second Women Invigorating the Nation (WIN) Convention has filled up more than a quarter of its capacity, just a week after opening for registrations. The women-only convention brings together female entrepreneurs in one location to share experiences and empower them on their entrepreneurial journeys. Vice Chair of the Women […]
Seruwaia Kabukabu is South Pacific Business Development (SPBD) Fiji’s Businesswoman of the Year 2021. The 45-year-old is a dairy farmer in Naitasiri, who also cultivates cash crops for a living. She previously engaged in mushroom farming. Kabukabu first joined SPBD five years ago. “I have always been a business-minded person […]
Fiji’s Women Entrepreneur Business Council (WEBC) will soon host their 2nd Women Invigorating the Nation (WIN) Convention. The Convention theme is “Sustainable Solutions for Success”. WEBC Chairperson, Eseta Nadakuitavuki said “planning is progressing well and delegates can expect to hear from some prominent and eminent speakers and moderators from Fiji […]
Agribusinesses in Niue can look forward to new growth opportunities as a new partnership has emerged between the country’s Chamber of Commerce and the PHAMA Plus Program. It will enable grant support to three local women-led enterprises that are part of the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a cohort of […]
Women-led businesses in Niue shared their experiences on ethics and compliance at the 2022 Women Entrepreneurs Anti-Corruption Workshop. The workshop, led by the Niue Chamber of Commerce in partnership with UN agencies, offered practical guidance on defining corruption in Niue, what laws and institutions are used to prevent and fight […]
Myriam Malo’s journey to independence started from her kitchen at the central market of Port Vila, where she used to cook and sell food. Myriam is one of the chefs who recently joined training offered by ACTIV (Alternative Community Trade In Vanuatu) through Aelan Mama’s Cuisine, a social enterprise training […]
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