The arrival of the East Micronesia Cable in South Tarawa has marked a major milestone in Kiribati’s digital development journey, with the undersea telecommunications...
New era of connectivity as East Micronesia Cable lands in Kiribati
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2025
Vanuatu revives VT 2b Airbus A220 deal
Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Jotham Napat returned from France last month affirming the revival of a long‑stalled VT 2 billion Airbus A220 procurement –a deal first struck...
Tuvalu’s tuna revenue declines amid warming seas
Multiple reports have highlighted a sharp decline in Tuvalu’s tuna licensing revenue, down roughly 40 per cent over five years, as warming oceans shift tuna stocks into...
Regional contingency exercise opens doors for Pacific businesses
From 10 July to 8 August 2025, the United States Pacific Air Forces conducted Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC)—the largest contingency response exercise ever...
New Zealand multi‑entry visas expand Pacific commerce
Effective 6 July 2025, New Zealand implemented a policy change granting multi-entry Visitor Visas to citizens of all Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) countries –including...
Boosting women’s employment could lift Pacific growth: World Bank
A World Bank Pacific Economic Update, widely reported in late July 2025, projects regional GDP growth slowing to 2.6 per cent in 2025 (down from 5.5 per cent in 2023)....
Nauru looks to infrastructure, renewable energy, regional connectivity for growth
Nauru is making steady progress toward economic revitalisation in 2025, with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) projecting a 2.5 per cent GDP growth for both 2025 and...
Kiribati eyes economic recovery with infrastructure push; reform
Kiribati’s economy is beginning to show signs of recovery in 2025, as the Pacific Island nation leverages infrastructure investment, tourism revival, and a renewed...
Samoa focuses on labour mobility, economic reform ahead of poll
As Samoa heads toward its general election scheduled for 29 August 2025, labour mobility has emerged as a key plank in both government policy and the national...
Infrastructure, tourism fuel Niue’s economic growth in 2025
Niue, one of the world’s smallest self-governing nations, is projecting economic growth of 3.4 per cent in 2025, driven by an uptick in public infrastructure...
Marshall Islands gains lifeline with World Bank support
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), a small island nation in the central Pacific, has received a vital boost to its financial resilience through a new World...
Solar mini-grids power up remote Tongan islands
Tonga is making tangible progress toward its renewable energy targets with the rollout of solar-powered mini-grid systems across its outer islands, in a bold move to...