Digital Government Payments: DPMNEC has launched an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Payment System, moving away from cheque payments to modernise public finance, boost efficiency, and improve accountability. AI & Cyber Safety: A Lae tech roadshow warned businesses and agencies not to upload sensitive data to public AI tools like ChatGPT, citing privacy and long-term exposure risks. Education & Connectivity: UPNG is pushing Starlink and new IT programmes (including AI, cyber security and fintech) to expand access for students in provincial centres, while Kerema Coronation Secondary School in Gulf received Starlink hardware to get online learning off the ground. Workforce & Skills: ITI signed new training partnerships in Lae to strengthen on-the-job experience for graduates, and PNG’s ICT department and ITI backed a five-year push for AI and digital skills. Agriculture & Food Security: FAO PNG and the Chinese Ambassador discussed deeper cooperation to transform agrifood systems and strengthen resilience for a sector that supports most livelihoods. Marine & Disaster Watch: Satellites detected a submarine eruption in the Bismarck Sea, with pumice rafts already affecting Admiralty Islands coasts; meanwhile, TISA Bank ran disaster preparedness training with the National Disaster Centre and IOM. Biodiversity & Health: ExxonMobil PNG marked 10 years of PNG LNG biodiversity partnership, and a clinician graduated in the US under Fulbright to help reduce maternal and child deaths in rural PNG.