Telikom sponsors business startup convention

Business

TELIKOM PNG Ltd is supporting the 2019 StartUP PNG convention this week with K100,000 as a platinum sponsor.
It starts today and ends on Friday at the International Convention Centre in Port Moresby.
Telikom PNG head of commercial Amos Tepi said K70,000 was for free wifi throughout the event including installations and equipment, and K30,000 was for FM100 to promote the convention and provide live coverage.
The sponsorship benefits include naming rights of the main auditorium.
It will be opened by Prime Minister James Marape. Tepi said Telikom would also have a booth for exhibition and one as a customer workshop area for small businesses who wanted information on the services offered.
Convention commercial director Nedi Lavett said the tickets were already available at all the Ticketmasta outlets.
She said a weekly ticket cost K165 and a daily ticket cost K50.
“The event is a celebration of global entrepreneurship week, an initiative by Kumul Foundation,” she said.
She said it was a platform for innovation and startups.