Impact & projects

Beyond bandwidth.

Each kiosk and power system is a doorway to health, learning and trade. Every project below carries its site, its date and its numbers — placeholders stay visible until the real figures are in.

Project

Telemedicine for rural PNG

Health workers consulting urban hospitals over kiosk connectivity.

A hotspot at a rural health post lets nurses and community health workers reach doctors in town by video and messaging, send photographs, and follow up referrals. The Tabubil Hospital hotspot is the first site.

Site
[SITE]
Date
[DATE]
Numbers
[N people served / N sessions — from BM Dash]
[PHOTO: Telemedicine for rural PNG]
Project

Rural education

Digital classrooms for off-grid schools.

A school with a kiosk gets a solar-powered connection for teachers and students, with vouchers and data caps managed by the school through Konekt so the link stays affordable and accountable.

Site
[SITE]
Date
[DATE]
Numbers
[N people served / N sessions — from BM Dash]
[PHOTO: Rural education]
Project

Hybrid micro-hydro & solar

Off-grid power systems for remote communities.

Where a stream runs year-round, a small hydro turbine paired with solar and batteries powers a kiosk and the buildings around it — a health post, a school, a trade store.

Site
[SITE]
Date
[DATE]
Numbers
[N people served / N sessions — from BM Dash]
[PHOTO: Hybrid micro-hydro & solar]
Project

Medical drone logistics

Medicine delivery corridors with Niubalus Logistics.

Niubalus Logistics is building drone corridors for medicine and sample delivery between district hospitals and remote health posts. Bookings will run through the Niubalus app on BM ID.

Site
[SITE]
Date
[DATE]
Numbers
[N people served / N sessions — from BM Dash]
[PHOTO: Medical drone logistics]
Proposals in the pipeline

What we have put forward.

Proposals submitted through Papua New Guinea's regulator and funding programmes. Each is listed with its stage and partners; outcomes are added here as they are decided, not before.

Public administration · BlockchainProposed · Sep 2026

Blockchain-verified public records and traceable government payments

An 18-month feasibility study and district pilot: tamper-evident certificates issued to citizens' SevisWallet, and a district grant tracked end to end on a permissioned ledger with SevisPass-verified recipients. Korea's public-sector blockchain and digital-ID programmes are the reference; Korean experts join through NIA.

Programme
APT EBC-K Project 2026 (Republic of Korea extra-budgetary contribution), endorsed through NICTA
Partners
Department of ICT (SevisPass / SevisDEx), a pilot district administration, Blockchain Melanesia as implementing partner
Proposed period
January 2027 – June 2028
Health · Drone logisticsProposed · Sep 2026

Medical drone logistics for the outer atolls of Bougainville

Scheduled and on-demand drone flights on the Buka–Nissan–Carterets corridor carrying medicines, vaccines and cold-chain payloads, and returning diagnostic samples, with an ordering and tracking app linked to the health facilities. Modelled on Korea's K-Drone island-delivery programme; a three-month live pilot measures reliability, cold-chain compliance and cost per delivery.

Programme
APT EBC-K Project 2026, endorsed through NICTA
Partners
Niubalus Logistics (implementing), Autonomous Bougainville Government Department of Health, Buka General Hospital; supported by the National Department of Health; CASA PNG engaged on approvals
Proposed period
January 2027 – June 2028
Education · Connectivity & solarSubmitted · May 2026

Connect Our Schools, LOT 9 — New Ireland

Fixed satellite broadband and 5 kW off-grid solar power for three secondary schools in Kavieng District — Mongop, Manggai and Utu — with campus Wi-Fi, a WPA3 community hotspot on the Konekt voucher model, 24-month monitoring and support, and commissioning to the National Energy Act by a licensed electrician.

Programme
NICTA Universal Access and Service — Connect Our Schools Project (RFP UAS24-RFP-CSPL9)
Partners
Blockchain Melanesia with WISP Limited (NICTA-licensed network operator)
Status
Proposal submitted; awaiting NICTA's decision

Proposals are listed once they have been lodged. Amounts and contract terms are not published until an award is confirmed.

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