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Digital asset infrastructure for Africa.

Arrel is the control and orchestration layer for digital assets in Africa. DAPL connects custody, liquidity, compliance and governance through one API, so institutions run payments, trading, treasury, FX, settlement and tokenization from one place, inside their own licence.

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Integrated with

VALR Luno Xago Fireblocks Sodot Chainalysis LedgerBrain Sumsub Binance Bitfinex Bitstamp Bybit Kraken KuCoin LMAX Digital Poloniex

Proven in production, independently audited.

The volume DAPL already runs, and the independent standards it is held to.

ISO 27001 certification mark

ISO 27001 certifiedArrel is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, the international standard for information security management systems (ISMS).

AICPA SOC 2 Type II

SOC 2 Type II examinedArrel has undergone a SOC 2 Type II examination, the recognised standard for independently assessing a service organisation's security controls.

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$5B+

in orchestrated volume

50M+

fully automated trades

$300M

of transactional flows since 2024

99.9%

server uptime

Built in Africa, for African financial institutions.

Arrel Technology is based in Port Louis, Mauritius. DAPL is built for the markets, currencies and rules that banks, payment providers and asset managers across Africa work with every day.

  • South AfricaZAR
  • MauritiusMUR
  • KenyaKES
  • NigeriaNGN
  • GhanaGHS
  • MozambiqueMZN
  • BotswanaBWP
  • UAE gatewayAED

Markets in scope. Deployment in each runs through the client's own licence or a licensed partner's.

The layer between African institutions and every provider.

Bring your stack and keep your providers. DAPL sits between them as one API, so your systems integrate once and every custodian, venue, rail and screening tool plugs in underneath.

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Built for Africa's banks, PSPs and asset managers.

Six kinds of regulated institution build on DAPL. Each keeps its licence, its providers and its counterparties, and adds one layer.

Banks

Integrate DAPL's modules into your own systems through our APIs, or offer digital assets to your clients by white-labelling the platform, inside your own licence.

Typical job
Settle cross-border in stablecoins

PSPs and remitters

Offer instant cross-border payments at lower cost, with automated fiat off-ramps and screening on every transfer.

Typical job
Accept and pay out

Asset managers

Manage funds and portfolios with automated rebalancing and execution across venues and custody, with approvals and reporting in one place.

Typical job
Run client mandates

Exchanges and brokers

Reach 11 venues for liquidity through one integration, and route by rule instead of by rebuild.

Typical job
Connect venues through one API

Fintechs

Embed wallets, conversion and stablecoin payments in your app without building each provider integration.

Typical job
Embed digital assets

Issuers

Issue and manage tokenized instruments, such as a share register, with transfers checked against your rules.

Typical job
Tokenize a register

Connect once, and DAPL connects out.

Your systems make one call to DAPL. DAPL reaches every chain, venue, custodian and compliance tool you choose, and routes each request through the right one.

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Operate inside your perimeter.

Three ways to run DAPL. The deployment changes; the layer, the checks and your control stay the same.

01 · Gateway model

Non-custodial

Your users hold their own keys. DAPL builds the MPC wallets they control and connects them to their own exchange accounts. You run the gateway: brand, onboarding, policies, and KYT screening that protects your platform. No client assets sit with you.

KeysYour users
Client assetsWith your users, never with you
You runBrand, onboarding, policies, KYT
YOUR USERS HOLD THEIR OWN KEYSUserOwn MPC walletUserOwn MPC walletUserOwn MPC walletYOUR GATEWAYBrandOnboardingPoliciesKYTDAPLBuilds the wallets, connects the accountsNo client assets heldTheir exchange accountTheir exchange accountTheir exchange accountsoftware onlyArrel · technology providerNo keys · no funds · not the regulated party
In all three

Arrel is the technology provider. It holds no keys, no funds, and is never the regulated party.

Latest from Arrel on digital assets in Africa.

Regulation explained for African institutions, and news from the team.

Recognition Circle names DAPL among its first 2026 grant recipients Circle's announcement of its first named grant recipients of 2026 lists DAPL, Arrel's Digital Asset Platform, among the selected projects. Read the story Partnership Arrel selects Sodot MPC for institutional key security Sodot's own announcement describes how Arrel selected its MPC infrastructure to secure cryptographic keys across Arrel's institutional digital asset platform. Read the story Event Nicholas Allen speaks at Blockchain Africa 2026 Arrel CEO Nicholas Allen gave a 20-minute talk, "And, Not Or: Building an African Digital-Asset Strategy That Compounds", at the 12th Blockchain Africa Conference in Johannesburg. Read the story Regulation The FSCA CASP licence list, explained 512 applications, 300 approved, 14 declined, 121 withdrawn: what South Africa's crypto asset service provider list tells an institution choosing a partner. Read the article Compliance Travel Rule in South Africa: FIC Directive 9 Live since 30 April 2025. What the Travel Rule asks of South African institutions, and how a check before funds move makes it routine. Read the article
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Digital asset infrastructure for Africa, explained.

The short answers to what Arrel is, what DAPL does and how it works with African institutions.

What is Arrel?

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.

What is DAPL?

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.

Who is Arrel for?

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.

Is Arrel a custodian or a regulated entity?

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.

Which providers does DAPL connect to?

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.

What does vendor-agnostic mean here?

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.

How does compliance work on every transfer?

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.

Is Arrel independently audited?

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.

How long does it take to launch?

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.

How do we start?

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.