Today is a very special day. What started in 2020 in Kenya with the challenging grunt work to connect all customs and ports systems to IOTA, is now entering the next phase. Under the leadership of the African Continental Free Trade Area @AfCFTA , we are excited to partner with @InstituteGC and @wef on ADAPT, a public digital infrastructure to digitize trade all over Africa. The mission is clear: A single public digital infrastructure to connect all of Africa. Digital trade. Identities. Payments. Trade finance. The goal of the AfCFTA is to connect 55 countries by 2035, doubling intra-African trade by more than $70 Billion. Border & customs clearing will go from weeks to hours, cross-border payments will be reduced to less than 3% and exporters will get access to global trade finance liquidity. All of this will unlock new economic growth in excess of $24 Billion per year, creating job opportunities & prosperity across the entire continent. The impact ADAPT will create for Africa is huge - and the work has already started. Kenya will go live in Q1. In 2026 we will connect Ghana and more countries. This will be a long and challenging road, but thanks to the commitment of the AfCFTA and the dedication of our partners I am convinced that we will realize this mission to connect Africa through the most modern digital trade infrastructure in the world. We founded IOTA more than 10 years ago with the goal of creating impact in the real world. I can confidently say today - after many years of incredibly challenging work - with this announcement and this partnership with the AfCFTA, that we are making our big and bold ideas come true. We are changing the world. The impact and the solutions we are creating with IOTA are real. I couldn't be more proud to be part of IOTA and to work alongside such amazingly talented and driven team at the Foundation, together with our strong partners and loyal community. Let's bring the whole world onchain.