- Dominik Schiener has indicated that IOTA plans to extend its TWIN digital‑twin infrastructure across the entire African continent.
- People close to the negotiations say the rollout could be formalised through an AfCFTA‑wide accord, although no agreement has yet been signed.
The IOTA Foundation is in advanced talks to deploy its Trade Worldwide Information Network, or TWIN, across Africa, according to co‑founder Dominik Schiener.
🚨 #IOTA in Africa, in Dom’s own words:
“We can create real impact for the entire continent… More will be shared once it's done and signed 😉”Dominik Schiener just dropped this in Telegram: IOTA is working to roll out TWIN across all of Africa 🌍🔥
Something BIG is coming.… pic.twitter.com/8HyTlJF14S
— Salima (@Salimasbegum) July 27, 2025
Schiener Announces Plan to Deploy TWIN Across 54 African States
In a message shared during the AfCFTA Digital Trade Forum in Lusaka on 8 May, Schiener said “We can create real impact for the entire continent” and added that further details would be released once contracts are completed.
The statement followed the formal launch of the TWIN Foundation at the same forum, where partners including TradeMark Africa and the Tony Blair Institute laid out governance for the open‑source platform.
TWIN is designed to create a cryptographically secure “digital twin” of every shipment and document in a supply chain. This is of of the several supply chain moves IOTA is looking into, as we recently reported. By anchoring data to IOTA’s feeless Tangle ledger, the network allows traders, customs agencies and financial institutions to verify provenance, compliance and settlement in real time.
Draft Framework Reportedly Being Reviewed by AfCFTA Secretariat
Several industry sources say the AfCFTA Secretariat is studying a draft framework that would make TWIN the reference architecture for digital trade documents across the 1.3 billion‑strong bloc, valued at $3.4 trillion in GDP.
While neither IOTA nor AfCFTA officials have confirmed a signing date, negotiators familiar with the talks expect a memorandum of understanding to be tabled in the second half of 2025.
A continent‑wide mandate could give TWIN an immediate user base of customs posts, logistics operators and small exporters spanning 54 countries.
For investors, the move would place IOTA’s token at the centre of settlement flows for trade finance, potentially broadening liquidity and usage but also increasing scrutiny from regulators overseeing payment systems and data localisation.
Schiener has said the foundation will release technical documentation “once it is done and signed”, underscoring that implementation details—such as node hosting, identity management and revenue‑sharing—remain under negotiation.
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