Business

BY CHRIS ALEX 24-year-old Elizabeth Ratu who made her way to become an entrepreneur and manageress of the Lokol Impact, a local fabric printing business, recently bagged the 2022 Young Entrepreneurs Council Solomon Islands (YECSI)...

BY CHRIS ALEX THE ‘Qalia Hair Salon’ is among the newly registered small businesses in the Solomon Islands' growing hair and beauty industry. Since January 2023, Kaylin Kealoe, 26, has been at the helm of the...

BY JOY OFASIA A local woman Honiara resident has been targeted and exploited by an online scammer, using various tactics to deceive her into giving away her personal bank account and money. Margaret Bunabo, a victim...

BY JOY OFASIA DRIVING is a lifelong skill and is something that stays with you the rest of your life and no matter where you are in life driving a car will always come in...

BY CHRIS ALEX BORN and raised in Gizo Island, Western Province, the remote region of the Solomon Islands is Margaret Qae, a former secondary mathematics teacher, who later turned entrepreneur. With an artistic background in the...

BY CHRIS ALEX IN the bustling urban setting of Honiara, Solomon Islands, a young and ambitious entrepreneur is making a scene in the emerging honey industry of the country. Phyllis Kakaluae, 25, has a passion for...

BY JOHN HOUANIHAU FOUR years ago as a University student in Fiji, Ebony Finau saved her allowances to make extra money. Eventually, She launched his own sales operation — an online business called ‘Twice is...

BY CHRIS ALEX RENNELL and Bellona province, sometimes known as Renbel in the Solomon Islands, is renowned for its rich Polynesian cultural heritage and traditional crafts, and it has produced a number of highly specialized...

BY MACKIN HOU PROSTITUTION is undoubtedly one of the oldest trades practiced by mankind throughout the centuries. To the clientele of this illicit trade, it is a source of relief and pleasure from the drudgery...

MAKING ends meet is a daily struggle for many underprivileged single mothers. Not many can survive such harsh realities despite hard work and sheer determination. But in the Solomon Islands, some continue to strive...