World Summit Award recently welcomed a new WSA National Expert in PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Priscilla Kevin.Priscilla has more than 15 years ICT industry experience and is running her own #ICT consultancy firm In4net, specializing in #enterprise resource planning, ICT advisory consulting and project management.Priscilla is Founder of PNG Women in STEM and a volunteer…
Microsoft’s only Māori executive has been tasked with bringing more indigenous people into the global giant. Working with a Native American counterpart, Willow Young, Dan Walker (Ngāti Ruanui, Tuhourangi, Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Kahungunu) will head a new working group, ‘Indigenous at Microsoft’. “We’re on a bit of a journey at Microsoft,” Walker says. “It’s…
Earlier this year I had the chance to join a group of experts from across the Asia-Pacific to explore the future of digital government. The workshop was organized as a part of UNDESA’s outreach to inform the 2020 UN E-Government Survey and was designed to look at the specific challenges faced by Least Developed Countries…
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia has committed USD150,000 to support the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) in improving access to essential products and services for women and girls. Statistics in the Pacific are showing that lockdowns, quarantine, school shutdowns and other COVID-19 pandemic responses, especially those resulting in financial hardship, increase rates of…
– and what we can do about it by Louisa Gibbs, Pacific Women. Even in Pacific Island countries where there have been few or no cases of COVID-19, the pandemic is having a disproportionate, negative impact on women’s economic activities and their control over the income they earn. But can the challenges being faced be converted…
When Carmenita Solaese Lepou, an analyst in the Financial Inclusion team at the Central Bank of Samoa in Apia, heard that her application for the Reuben James Summerlin Annual Scholarship was successful she was delighted but apprehensive. She was fairly new to financial inclusion and returning to work after her maternity leave. “When I started…
Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC) proudly announce complimentary broadband connectivity in support of Tonga National Emergency Management Committee (NEMC) Task Force and Emergency Telecommunication Cluster (ETC) COVID-19 program for returning repatriates, front liner and supporting staffs. Mr. Timote Katoanga, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC) presented the U-Call SIM cards with a special…
Countries and territories of the Pacific Islands and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reached a milestone today with the launch of the humanitarian air service in the region. The first flight, from Nadi, Fiji, to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, completed this morning, delivered three tonnes of essential medical supplies that will be…
InternetNZ is pleased to announce its security product, Defenz DNS Firewall, is now consuming CERT NZ’s local threat feed. Defenz DNS Firewall protects Internet users from phishing attacks, malware, ransomware and botnets helping to manage online security risks. Defenz already draws on an international cyberthreat feed curated by Akamai which analyses global DNS traffic. The…
Vodafone Fiji has appointed Ronald Prasad as Acting Chief Executive. Prasad has over 14 years’ experience in the telecommunications and ICT industry and has been instrumental in the transformation journey to position Vodafone as a trusted and respected ICT solutions provider. He previously held Chief Commercial and Operating Officer positions in the company and has…