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Around ten of Samoa’s best seed-stage start-ups will participate in a bootcamp and compete to represent the country at the regional Seedstars Competition with the chance to access the final stage in Switzerland and win up to USD 500,000 in equity investments and other prizes. Apia, Samoa, 1 October 2020 – Seedstars World, the largest […]

PRESS RELEASEMinistry of Education, Sports & Culture, (MESC) MESC’s free and secure Wi-Fi project for Schools (30th September 2020): The newly launched “Free Wi-Fi for schools” Project by Netvo Samoa, FAST and associated partners provides a great prospect for an improved access to the internet and information for learning. However, the absence of appropriate security […]

(30th September 2020): The Office of the Electoral Commission, (OEC) wishes to clarify comments made by a potential candidate that any potential candidate who had rendered a monotaga “from 1997 to 1999” is qualified to contest the General Elections in April 2021. While OEC respects potential candidate’s freedom to express his views and his own […]

A virtual event entitled “The Island Resilience Forum: #SC1.5NCEnotSILENCE” took place on 29 September 2020 (around 5am Samoa time, 30 September) at the margins of the High Level Week of the 75th United Nations General Assembly. It was organized by the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) in partnership with March for Science, YOUNGO, Island Resilience […]

(US Embassy Apia, Samoa) – U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires Jon Yoo today presented completion certificates to participants who successfully completed the Project Management Practice course supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The course is part of the USAID Ready Project’s partnership with the University of the South Pacific/Pacific TAFE to help […]

Remarks by the Hon Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi of the Independent State of Samoa at the side event Island Resilience Forum: #SC1.5NCE not SILENCE 29 September 2020 (11:00am – 12:30pm EDT) Excellencies, Ladies & Gentlemen.Last year during the United Nations General Assembly, I joined the Island Resilience Forum to announce Samoa’s public-private partnership to achieve […]

Samoa’s International Borders are still closed under State of Emergency (SOE). Flights in to Samoa are considered under special circumstances requiring certain conditions. As of today Samoa is COVID19 Free and we wish to eliminate any potential risk for COVID19 to be introduced into Samoa. We cannot at this stage rule out any exposure you […]