Connecting, powering and banking rural Melanesia.
Solar-powered Starlink kiosks, a licensed kina wallet, twelve everyday apps — and the two products we are moving on-chain. Built in Papua New Guinea, for the 85% of people who live outside its towns.
- 2community hotspots live (Tabubil Hospital, Kennedy)
- 12apps on one BM ID
- [N]verified BM IDs · live from BM Dash
- K[N]settled through BM Pay · live
- 1Bank of PNG e-money licence, granted 2026
Rural Starlink, delivered as a solar kiosk with a local agent.
One hardware stack — solar, Starlink, UniFi — sold as the Village Fast Internet Kiosk and run through Konekt, so the community pays in kina and the revenue stays accountable.
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.
UniFi gateway
Community Wi-Fi with voucher access control, managed from the Konekt hub.
How access works today
Live at two hotspots. 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
- 3Gateway grants the data session; usage is capped per voucher
- 4Revenue is recorded in BM's licensed ledger and split with the local agent
- NextMeter and split settle on Solana — roadmap milestone M4
Twelve applications. One set of rails.
Shared identity (BM ID), shared payments (BM Pay on BSP), shared wallet (licensed e-money). Status chips are live from BM Dash.
Wi-Fi vouchers · kiosks · agent network · wallet
CommunityLIVEWanBungBrideprice & haus krai contributions
Book-up & small lending record
Rental property & bonds
EducationPILOTSkulFiSchool fee payment & recording
MobilityPILOTWan PMVRide-hailing & PMV fares
Trade-store point of sale & stock
Short-stay accommodation
Buy now, pay in four
Buy & sell crypto with kina, self-custody
Putim moni antap — savings pots on Solana
Drone charter & medical delivery booking
Also in design: Yumitu, a verified women-first dating app for PNG. Status labels above to be confirmed against BM Dash before launch. All twelve apps in detail.
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 developed 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.
A K2 Wi-Fi voucher cannot carry a K0.25 bank fee. Sub-cent settlement is the whole model.
The deepest stablecoin rails for a country whose diaspora sends money home from Australia and New Zealand.
Phone-number login with split keys works for first-time smartphone users on any Android.
- M1 · [QUARTER]PNGx on mainnet
Kina on-ramp live, self-custody wallets, first [N] verified traders. Budget K[N].
- M2 · [QUARTER]Invest Antap
Protected and lending pots, Tok Pisin, deposit caps under BPNG sandbox. Budget K[N].
- M3 · [QUARTER]Kina stablecoin PoC
Reserve model, issuance contract, regulator review with the Bank of PNG. Budget K[N].
- M4 · [QUARTER]Kiosks on-chain
Voucher metering and operator/agent revenue split settled on Solana at two live sites. Budget K[N].
Store
- Starlink Standard KitK3,300
- Starlink Gen3 Roof BracketK1,750
- Starlink Gen3 Wall MountK1,100
- Tangem Hardware Wallet, 3-packK350
- Village Fast Internet KioskK100,000
Pay by BSP, BM wallet or cash at a Konekt agent. Delivered anywhere in PNG.
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.
Health workers consulting urban hospitals over kiosk connectivity
Rural educationDigital classrooms for off-grid schools
Hybrid micro-hydro & solarOff-grid power systems for remote communities
Medical drone logisticsMedicine 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.
For grant programs, investors and government partners
Public metrics, open-source repositories, a milestone roadmap and a regulated entity to sign with. Everything a funding committee asks for, on stable links.