Blockchain Melanesia in one page.

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Short. Blockchain Melanesia Limited is a Papua New Guinean company connecting, powering and banking rural Melanesia with solar-powered Starlink kiosks, a kina wallet and thirteen everyday apps on one BM ID.

Long. Blockchain Melanesia Limited (BML) is Papua New Guinea's home-grown digital-infrastructure company. It builds and runs solar-powered Starlink kiosks in communities that conventional networks do not reach, and a family of everyday apps — Wi-Fi vouchers, brideprice and haus krai contributions, school fees, trade-store tills, rentals, ride-hailing and more — that share one identity, one payment connection to BSP and one kina wallet. BML is working with the Bank of Papua New Guinea to secure all necessary licensing, and is building its on-chain products on Solana. It is led by its two directors and co-founders, Christopher Vagalia and Martin Gould, from Port Moresby.

Fact sheet

• Registered: Blockchain Melanesia Limited, IPA no. 1-123517164, TIN 502388579, P.O Box 195, Foodworld, Gordons, Port Moresby
• Directors and co-founders: Christopher Vagalia, Martin Gould
• Live community hotspots: Tabubil Hospital (Western Province) and Kennedy (National Capital District), since September 2026
• Apps: thirteen on one BM ID; Konekt, WanBung and Dinau Buk live; the rest in pilot or build
• Payments: BSP Pay live across the apps and the store through BM Pay, September 2026
• Regulatory: Bank of PNG e-money licensing in progress — status page
• Tagline: Connect · Build · Empower. Built in Papua New Guinea, for Papua New Guinea.

Name and style

Write Blockchain Melanesia (two words, capitalised) or BML on second reference. Konekt, WanBung, Dinau Buk, SkulFi, Bisnis Stoa, Haus Stap, Bihain Baim, Wan PMV, Rentim, PNGx, Invest Antap, Niubalus and Singsing are product names. Please do not describe BML as licensed by the Bank of PNG until this site says a licence has been issued.