Sovereign-Grade Financial Infrastructure for Africa
Interstellar is Africa's leading blockchain-powered financial infrastructure company: the technology backbone for governments, central banks, financial institutions and businesses across the continent.
Three products, one ledger
PACM — PAPSS African Currency Marketplace
Real-time exchange and settlement between African currencies — both legs settle over PAPSS, with no dependency on hard currencies.
- 14 African currencies · 13 active countries
- Both legs settle over PAPSS; no dependency on hard currencies
- Settlement in minutes, not months
Stargate
Enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure powering seamless, secure and real-time cross-border payments across Africa and emerging markets.
- Permissioned distributed ledger with atomic settlement
- Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus, no proof-of-work energy cost
- Six years of research, development and validation
Universal Wallet Infrastructure (UWI)
One sovereign layer that connects many participants to many payment rails, currencies and forms of regulated money — run by the operator itself.
- Orchestration, settlement and digital money on one layer
- The operator holds every key, start to finish
- Sandbox running within one to two weeks
The backbone for governments, central banks and financial institutions
Cross-Border Settlement
Payment and currency settlement networks between African markets.
Sovereign Digital Infrastructure
National platforms built for governments and central banks.
Tokenised Assets & Digital Currency
Regulated digital money, tokenised deposits and securities on the same ledger.
PAPSS African Currency Marketplace
Interstellar built PACM on Stargate with built-in FX capability — one platform for real-time settlement and currency exchange, settling both legs over PAPSS.
Settlement that once took months now takes minutes — matched, settled and reconciled in local currency, every time.
Read the case studyApproved, compliant and working inside the system
- Approved by central banks
- Approved by multiple African payment service providers
- Compliant with international AML/KYC standards
- Participant in major regulatory sandbox environments
Built by operators
Ernest Mbenkum
Victor Akoma-Philips
Fritz Ekwoge
In the news
Interstellar: the visionary co-architect behind the PAPSS African Currency Marketplace, set to unlock $5 billion in intra-African trade
Interstellar announced its pivotal role as the co-architect and core technology engine of the newly launched PAPSS African Currency Marketplace, dev…
Interstellar
PAPSS and Interstellar unveil African Currency Marketplace eliminating $5 billion trade bottleneck
Building on the rollout of its continental payment infrastructure, PAPSS, in strategic collaboration with Interstellar, announced the launch of the …
Afreximbank
Africa advances toward financial integration with new currency exchange marketplace
The Africa Currency Marketplace is set to facilitate direct currency exchanges across the continent, reducing reliance on the US dollar and fosterin…
AfricanewsShareholders and partners sign in at Celestra
Governance and stakeholder updates, on Interstellar's own operations and shareholder platform.