IOTA Poised to Power Africa’s $3.4T Trade Bloc, Uniting 1.3B People

• IOTA’s TWIN slips into Africa’s trade flow quietly, digitizing customs without forcing an overhaul.
• Despite price dip, IOTA hovers near breakout zone as analysts eye $0.24 resistance test.

Africa’s economic landscape is poised for a significant transformation, with IOTA playing a pivotal role in bridging the continent’s diverse trade systems. Using its digital platform, TWIN, IOTA aims to connect the 1.3 billion people within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a trade bloc valued at $3.4 trillion.

The AfCFTA, the largest free trade agreement globally by the number of countries, seeks to eliminate trade barriers, harmonize customs procedures, and enhance intra-African trade. It promises to bring greater economic integration and development in Africa.

In line with this vision, Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, has also launched an ambitious digital trade roadmap aimed at facilitating more efficient trade.

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TWIN – The Digital Backbone of the AfCFTA

IOTA’s TWIN platform does not impose itself on existing operations. Rather, it fits into current systems and gradually becomes part of the AfCFTA’s digital foundation. The platform replaces outdated paper procedures with safer and more reliable digital alternatives intended to simplify trade.

AfCFTA’s goals and IOTA’s direction both center on reducing trade barriers, increasing openness, and building a digital base that can handle current and future commercial demands. Nigeria’s digital trade plan, unveiled in June 2025, doesn’t specifically reference TWIN; it emphasizes the need for digitalization and smart customs systems—goals that TWIN is built to meet.

TWIN is created to handle documents like certificates of origin in digital form. This adds safety and speed to transactions. Multiple parties can check and log activities at the same time, with all data stored in a way that can be tracked and reviewed by everyone involved.

IOTA’s Growing Influence and Market Potential

As IOTA’s platform becomes more popular in Africa, it will not only be the trade industry that benefits from the platform. IOTA is also preparing to implement frontier technologies such as computer vision and artificial intelligence in TWIN’s infrastructure. Such an application will enable the platform to remain relevant to current developments and adaptable to future changes in how trade operates.

Presently, IOTA is testing some resistance in the market. At $0.22, IOTA has seen a small 2.29% correction over the last 24 hours. But crypto analyst Sjuul, in a X post, suggested the token could be about to break out since it is trying a pivotal resistance level for the fourth time.

If it successfully breaks through the resistance level around $0.24, there will probably be a bullish movement, suggesting rising momentum for the cryptocurrency and the accompanying digital commerce platform.