IOTA announces Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria as the first countries to implement the ADAPT program.

Deep Tide TechFlow News, May 19 — According to official sources, the underlying blockchain protocol project IOTA announced that Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria are the first countries to implement the ADAPT program. The three selected countries underwent a rigorous selection process, evaluating their political commitment, regulatory readiness, digital infrastructure maturity, and private sector participation.

As an initiative for digital trade access and public infrastructure in Africa, the ADAPT program is set to launch 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. Its goal is to build shared digital infrastructure for intra-African trade, covering digital identity, cross-border data exchange, and payment interoperability.

The implementation of ADAPT means IOTA is working to establish concrete infrastructure for digital trade, including creating the ADAPT National Implementation Forum, integrating digital identity systems and payment channels, and aligning national infrastructure with intercontinental interoperability standards based on TWIN, the open digital trade infrastructure supporting ADAPT.

Currently, the focus of the ADAPT program is on enabling real-time cross-border data exchange and digitizing trade documents at the source, replacing paper processes with verified, tamper-proof digital records. Additionally, the three countries will begin testing regulatory frameworks for digital currencies (including stablecoins), laying the groundwork for faster and cheaper cross-border settlements.