Bank of PNG licensing in progress · building on Solana

Built in Papua New Guinea, for Papua New Guinea

Connecting, powering and banking rural Melanesia.

Solar-powered Starlink kiosks, a kina wallet, fifteen everyday apps — and the two products we are moving on-chain, for the 85% of Papua New Guineans who live outside the towns.

Get connected Explore the kiosks The Solana roadmap

2community hotspots live · from BM Dash
13apps on one BM ID
Ksettled through BM Pay · live
3apps live today (Konekt, WanBung, Dinau Buk)

The kiosk ecosystem

Rural Starlink, delivered as a solar kiosk with a local agent.

One hardware stack — solar, Starlink, community Wi-Fi — sold as the Village Fast Internet Kiosk and run through Konekt, so the community pays in kina and the revenue stays accountable. See all seven solutions.

Solar power array

Panels and battery bank for 24-hour off-grid operation.

Starlink dish

Low-earth-orbit backhaul to villages no cable will ever reach.

Community Wi-Fi

Managed Wi-Fi that opens with a Konekt voucher.

How access works today

Live at two hotspots. Bundles run from K2 for an hour to K60 for a month; a Day Pass is K5. The on-chain meter and automatic revenue split are the next milestone, not the current build.

1Villager tops up a BM wallet — cash at a Konekt agent or BSP Pay
2Buys a Konekt voucher in the app, or at the kiosk
3Your phone is online; each voucher has its own time and data allowance
4Revenue is recorded in BM's ledger and split with the local agent
NextMeter and split settle on Solana — roadmap milestone M4

Fifteen applications. One set of rails.

Shared identity (BM ID), shared payments (BM Pay on BSP), shared wallet (BM wallet — Bank of PNG e-money licensing in progress). Status as of September 2026.

ConnectivityLIVEKonekt

Wi-Fi vouchers · kiosks · agent network · wallet

CommunityLIVEWanBung

Brideprice, haus krai, school fees, medical & church fundraising

FinanceLIVE

Dinau Buk

Book-up & small lending record

PropertyPILOTRentim

Rental property & bonds

EducationPILOTSkulFi

School fee payment & recording

MobilityPILOTWan PMV

Ride-hailing & PMV fares

CommercePILOT

Bisnis Stoa

Trade-store point of sale & stock

HospitalityPILOT

Haus Stap

Short-stay accommodation

FinancePILOTBihain Baim

Buy now, pay in four

Solana · ExchangeIN BUILD

PNGx

Buy & sell crypto with kina, self-custody

Solana · SavingsDESIGN

Invest Antap

Putim moni antap — savings pots on Solana

EducationLIVE

Niubalus Academy

Drone pilot & aviation radio courses

LogisticsPLANNED

Niubalus

Drone charter & medical delivery booking

MusicIN BUILD

Singsing

Band bookings · gig tickets · gear hire

DatingIN BUILD

Yumitu

Verified, women-first dating for PNG

All fifteen apps in detail.

Solana stablecoin programme

A kina stablecoin for rural commerce — built in the open, one milestone at a time.

Today: PNGx and Invest Antap give each BM ID a non-custodial Solana wallet (keys split, BM cannot spend). Next: a proof-of-concept kina-backed stablecoin, designed for review with the Bank of PNG, then on-chain settlement for the BM wallet and the kiosk network. Every stage ships as open source with public metrics.

The programme in full

Why Solana

Fees below a toea

A K2 Wi-Fi voucher cannot carry a K0.25 bank fee. Sub-cent settlement is the whole model.

USDC liquidity and Jupiter routing

The deepest stablecoin rails for a country whose diaspora sends money home from Australia and New Zealand.

Wallets without seed phrases

Phone-number login with split keys works for first-time smartphone users on any Android.

M1PNGx on mainnet
Kina on-ramp live, self-custody wallets, first verified traders.
M2Invest Antap
Protected and lending pots, Tok Pisin, deposit caps under BPNG sandbox.
M3Kina stablecoin PoC
Reserve model, issuance contract, regulator review with the Bank of PNG.
M4Kiosks on-chain
Voucher metering and operator/agent revenue split settled on Solana at two live sites.

Store

Pay by BSP, BM wallet or cash at a Konekt agent. Delivered anywhere in PNG.

Which Starlink do I need?

Visit the store

Impact & projects

Beyond bandwidth: each kiosk and power system is a doorway to health, learning and trade. Every project page carries its site, its date and its numbers.

Telemedicine for rural PNG

Health workers consulting urban hospitals over kiosk connectivity

Rural education

Digital classrooms for off-grid schools

Hybrid micro-hydro & solar

Off-grid power systems for remote communities

Medical drone logistics

Medicine delivery corridors with Niubalus Logistics

In the pipeline: blockchain-verified district records with DICT, medical drones for Bougainville's atolls, and broadband and solar for three New Ireland schools — see the proposals.

Field reports

All news

30 Sep 2026 · KIOSKSYour community can now hire a kiosk, and own it 30 Sep 2026 · APPSSeven more BM apps install on your phone — and Refer & Earn is open 28 Sep 2026 · INSIGHTWhy a K2 Wi-Fi voucher needs sub-toea settlement 23 Sep 2026 · PAYMENTSBSP Pay is live across the BM apps and the store

For grant programs, investors and government partners

Public metrics, a milestone roadmap, our regulatory progress with the Bank of PNG and a PNG-registered company to sign with. Everything a funding committee asks for, on stable links.

Live metrics Regulatory status

Full funding pack