Janet Sape

Janet Kaki Sape (1959 - 28 July 2017) was a business leader and international netball player, coach and administrator from Papua New Guinea.

She was active in promoting women's empowerment issues in the country, and received a number of awards for her work.

[1] Sape represented her country in the 1987 World Netball Championships in Scotland, and also in a number of tournaments in Oceania.

[6] These sort of comments were ones she had made repeatedly, including to the media the night before the 2012 PNG Netball Federation's Annual Fundraising Ball.

[13] Sape believed that events like the Pacific Games were an opportunity for women entrepreneurs to provide an international platform for their goods and services.

When her country hosted the Games, she was involved in encouraging many women to set up stands to sell their goods at.

[14] Sape also founded a microfinance institution, Women's Microbank in 2014, the first bank of its kind in the South Pacific region, and the fourth in the world.

[17] Serving on the National Capital District Commission Board, she represented the interests of women and girls.

[18] Sape was born and raised in Wabag, the capital of Enga Province and initially trained as a teacher before moving into business advising for women.