Digital asset infrastructure for Africa, in plain answers.

Arrel is digital asset infrastructure for Africa. Its platform, DAPL, connects any custodian, exchange, stablecoin rail and compliance tool through one API, and runs inside the institution's own licence. Arrel Technology LTD is based in Port Louis, Mauritius, and works with banks, payment providers and asset managers across Africa.

DAPL is Arrel's Digital Asset Platform: one API layer between an institution's own systems and its digital asset providers. It connects wallets and custody, 11 trading venues, major blockchains, stablecoin settlement and compliance checks, so the institution integrates once and changes providers by configuration rather than by rebuilding.

It means the institution keeps the providers it already uses and can add or switch one without re-integrating. DAPL sits above the providers, so a change of custodian, venue or screening tool is a configuration change and the institution's own systems stay the same.

DAPL has eight modules behind one API: execution, custody orchestration, wallets and chains, stablecoin settlement, compliance, governance and controls, audit and reporting, and the tokenization engine. Institutions in Africa use the modules they need and add others later.

Institutions typically go live in weeks instead of the 6 to 12 months a direct build across several providers takes, because DAPL arrives already connected to the providers and the compliance checks.

Arrel is built for regulated financial institutions in Africa: banks, payment providers and remitters, asset managers, exchanges and brokers, fintechs and issuers. Markets in scope include South Africa, Mauritius, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique and Botswana, with the UAE as a gateway.

No. Arrel is a technology provider. It does not hold client assets and is never the regulated party. DAPL is deployed inside the client's own regulatory perimeter or a licensed partner's, and assets stay with the custodian the client chooses.

Not necessarily. DAPL runs inside your own regulatory perimeter or inside a licensed partner's, for example an FSCA-licensed partner in South Africa.

FIC Directive 9, which applies the Travel Rule to crypto asset transfers in South Africa, has been in force since 30 April 2025.

CARF applies in South Africa from 1 March 2026, and the first return is due on 31 May 2027.

As of 12 December 2025, the FSCA's list showed 512 applications from crypto asset service providers, of which 300 were approved, 14 declined and 121 withdrawn.

DAPL connects to custody technology from Fireblocks and Sodot, to South African venues VALR, Luno and Xago and global venues including Binance and Kraken, to Chainalysis and LedgerBrain for transaction screening and to Sumsub for identity checks. The full list is on the Integrations page.

South African venues VALR, Luno and Xago sit alongside global venues such as Binance, Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Bybit, Kraken, KuCoin, LMAX Digital and Poloniex, all through one integration.

Yes, talk to Arrel. New providers are added to DAPL as integrations, so institutions using DAPL can then switch to them by configuration.

Live integrations are available through DAPL today. On-request integrations are not switched on by default but can be enabled for a client that needs one. Roadmap integrations are planned but not yet available.

DAPL supports Ethereum, Bitcoin, Stellar, Polygon, Tron, BNB Smart Chain, Base, Arc, Arbitrum One and Optimism through one API.

Screening (KYT), identity checks (KYC) and approvals run before funds move, under the rules the institution sets. A transfer that fails a check is held and does not leave the institution's custody. Travel Rule support aligned with FIC Directive 9 is on the 2026 roadmap.

Yes. Arrel is certified to ISO 27001 for information security management and has completed a SOC 2 Type II examination of its controls. Reports can be requested through the Trust center.

No. Assets stay with the custody technology you choose, such as Fireblocks or Sodot. Arrel is a technology provider and is never the regulated party.

Talk to Arrel's team for a technical walkthrough of your current stack, or request sandbox access for your engineers. Write to support@arreltech.com or use the contact form.

Documentation, the API reference and SDKs are shared with institutions on request during evaluation. Request sandbox access below.

Yes. Sandbox access is given on request to engineering teams at African institutions evaluating DAPL.

Yes. Most institutions start with one job, such as stablecoin settlement or payouts, and add modules as they grow.