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What Recognition Means
These awards highlight the artisans, the hours of work, and the courage to start. Recognition opens doors to better prices and new markets.
In the 2023 PNG Ela Motors SME Awards, Apo Meri was awarded the BSP Gold SME – 1st Runner Up. The awards ceremony was sponsored by Ela Motors, and the event honoured small and medium-sized enterprises for their contributions to the Papua New Guinean economy
Apo Meri won the Kina Bank eCommerce Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the PNG SME Awards in 2023. This award recognized Mopafi’s work selling traditional crafts from Eastern Highlands women online through a Facebook page and a Port Moresby market stall. Apo Meri also won other awards, including the BSP SME Business runner-up and the Janet Sape Resilient Business Woman Award from Women’s Microbank
Apo Meri won the Kina Bank eCommerce Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the PNG SME Awards in 2023. This award recognized Mopafi’s work selling traditional crafts from Eastern Highlands women online through a Facebook page and a Port Moresby market stall. Apo Meri also won other awards, including the BSP SME Business runner-up and the Janet Sape Resilient Business Woman Award from Women’s Microbank
Australia Federal Police in the Pacific
Mama Bank PNG
BSP Women in Business Network
Kina Bank SME Awards
World Indigenous Business Forum – Melbourne 2025
Women Business Resource Centre
We thank the many supporters across Papua New Guinea who proudly carry Apo Meri bilums, display our rugs in their homes, and share our story with others. Your purchases keep our work alive and our weavers inspired.
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