Vanuatu

Empowering entrepreneurs: PIFS E-Biz workshop for handicraft vendors successfully delivered in Vanuatu

On 11 November, the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) hosted an e-commerce workshop to enhance the online entrepreneurial skills of women handicraft vendors in Vanuatu, a key subsector sustaining the local economy and contributing to employment and sustainable development. “The Pacific Islands are rich with unique products that have tremendous potential on the global stage,” said

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Niue, Tonga and Vanuatu entrepreneurs get ready for e-commerce

Local businesses in  Niue, Tonga, and Vanuatu have gained new skills to enhance their online presence, reach new domestic and international markets and contribute to increase trade flows in the Blue Pacific continent.  The workshop, held simultaneously in the three countries on 6 and 7 November (5 and 6 November in Niue), provided essential skills

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Empowering Entrepreneurs: PIFS E-biz workshop successfully delivered in FSM, Samoa, Tuvalu and Vanuatu

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) proudly completed its E-commerce training tailored to four countries and aimed at supporting small businesses in transitioning from online to offline. Training workshops were held simultaneously in Samoa, Tuvalu and Vanuatu earlier in the year, with the fourth being extended to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in mid-March

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A new cross-border mobile money service launched in the Pacific

The Pacific E-commerce Initiative welcomes the launch of a new feature connecting Vodafone’s M-PAiSA and M-Vatu services and allowing cross-border money transfers. The new feature allows greater convenience to remit funds across the borders from Fiji to Vanuatu paving way for inclusive digital transfer solutions and instantaneous transfer. The new service directly implements Measure 5.1.4

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First-ever National E-commerce Strategy in Vanuatu

On the 17 May 2022 Vanuatu’s Trade Minister, Honourable James Bule, launched the first-ever National E-commerce Strategy and Roadmap. The Strategy is a four-year plan to enhance domestic and cross-border ecommerce readiness. In launching the strategy, Minster Bule noted that “Ecommerce is becoming an integral part of our lives replacing traditional ways in which we

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