Conversations Across the Pacific
Invitation to International Women's Day Event Hosted by Australian Business Volunteers
Join us for an inspiring afternoon with innovative entrepreneurs and businesswomen, celebrating the success of female leaders in the Pacific and the profound impact of women supporting each other.
Register HereKey Takeaways
• The power of female-led businesses
• How economic growth in the Pacific can prosper from a focus on small-medium enterprise (SME) development.
• Encouraging female entrepreneurs has transformative community-wide benefits.
• The transformative power of volunteering, focusing on woman-to-woman support programs.
This event will feature inspiring business leaders and their ABV mentors, highlighting
the profound impact on communities of female entrepreneurship and the importance of women supporting women.
Recent Updates and Stories
Read about our work in the Pacific and the women we have worked with
28 May 2026
ABV at the 41st Australia–Papua New Guinea Business Forum
Australian Business Volunteers (ABV) was proud to participate in the 41st Australia–Papua New Guinea Business Forum, held in Brisbane—an important platform for advancing inclusive growth across the region. ABV representatives David Faulmann and CEO Liz Mackinlay joined leaders from government, finance and industry to explore how partnerships can unlock opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Papua New […]
12 May 2026
Building stronger SMEs in Lae, PNG
The YES (Your Enterprise Scheme) GROW Business Development Program, delivered in partnership with BSP Financial Group Limited, is underway in Lae—bringing together 18 local businesses from sectors including agriculture, construction, electrical, transport and retail. This cohort joins more than 600 small businesses across the Pacific Islands region that have taken part in YES GROW since the program began seven […]
9 February 2026
Over six hundred Pacific businesses strengthened through ABV-BSP corporate partnership
A total of 604 small businesses across the Pacific Islands region, including 402 in Papua New Guinea, have now been supported through a seven-year partnership between BSP Financial Group Limited and Australian Business Volunteers (ABV) to strengthen MSMEs and local economies. The milestone was marked on the evening of Wednesday, the 4th of Februrary, with the graduation of 19 Papua New Guinean entrepreneurs who successfully completed the six-month business development program, […]
8 July 2025
ABV and BSP honoured to present at the Fiji Indigenous Business Council Symposium 2025
On Wednesday, 28 May, the Fiji Indigenous Business Council (FIBC) proudly opened its 2025 Symposium at the Novotel Convention Centre in Lami under the theme: "Networking: Creating & Sustaining Our Future in Business." The event commenced with powerful and encouraging remarks by our chief guest Hon. Viliame Gavoka, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism […]
