IOTA announces Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria as the first countries to implement the ADAPT program, establishing shared digital infrastructure for African trade

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The IOTA Foundation announced that Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria have become the first countries to implement the ADAPT initiative. Led by the AfCFTA Secretariat, this initiative aims to establish a shared digital infrastructure for African trade, covering digital identity, data exchange, and payment systems. Future efforts will focus on digitizing trade documents and testing regulatory frameworks for digital currencies and stablecoins to facilitate more efficient cross-border settlements. (Background: IOTA Manifesto: Bringing World Assets On-Chain) (Context: IOTA partners with Africa's AfCFTA to launch the "ADAPT" initiative: Reshaping cross-border trade across 55 countries with USDT, unlocking $70 billion in potential value) (This article is a sponsored piece, written and provided by IOTA. It does not represent the views of BlockTempo, nor does it constitute investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. See the disclaimer at the end of the article for details.) Blockchain foundational protocol project IOTA announced on May 19 that Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria have become the first countries to implement the ADAPT initiative. The three selected countries went through a rigorous selection process, evaluating their political commitment, regulatory readiness, digital infrastructure maturity, and private sector engagement. As an initiative for digital trade access and public infrastructure in Africa, the ADAPT initiative was launched in November 2025, led by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and developed in collaboration with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, the World Economic Forum, and the IOTA Foundation. It aims to establish a shared digital infrastructure for intra-African trade, covering digital identity, cross-border data exchange, and payment interoperability. The implementation of ADAPT means IOTA is moving forward to build the concrete foundational architecture for digital trade, including establishing the ADAPT National Implementation Forum, integrating digital identity systems and payment channels, and aligning national infrastructure with continental interoperability standards. These standards are based on TWIN, the open digital trade infrastructure that underpins ADAPT. Currently, the ADAPT initiative focuses on enabling real-time cross-border data exchange and digitizing trade documents at the source, replacing paper-based processes with verified, tamper-proof digital records. In addition, the three countries will begin testing regulatory frameworks for digital currencies (including stablecoins), laying the groundwork for faster and cheaper cross-border settlements.

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