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
29 July 2026
THRIVE Program Surpasses 200 Local Business Graduates
Bank of South Pacific and Australian Business Volunteers are celebrating a significant milestone with their joint local business development program surpassing 200 graduates since its launch in March 2023. Known as the Fiji THRIVE, the program served its latest cohort of 27 local entrepreneurs in Sigatoka where participants completed personalised mentoring, practical workshops and networking […]
29 July 2026
Stronger Businesses, Stronger Communities: Mt Hagen PNG
The BSP-ABV partnership continues to go from strength to strength, as we support the roll out of BSP’s Business Bank creating more opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprises through our co-designed capability development program, YES GROW. Indeed, the energy in Mt Hagen, PNG is firing with another impactful YES GROW training cycle, this time strengthening […]
28 May 2026
ABV at the 41st Australia–Papua New Guinea Business ForumÂ
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, PNGÂ
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 […]
