ADI: begins trade corridor pilots - Q4 2026

ADI said its joint venture with the @AfCFTA Secretariat begins corridor pilots in Q4 2026 for Africa-owned digital trade infrastructure, aimed at connecting MENA-anchored institutional rails across AfCFTA markets.If the pilots run as planned, they can show whether ADI's infrastructure works in live cross-border settlement rather than only in a stated design. That would strengthen the case that the network has practical utility in trade flows, especially where multiple jurisdictions and payment rails need to interact.The readthrough is still limited at this stage. A pilot shows availability and early operational testing, not broad usage, and the announcement does not make ADI token involvement explicit. That keeps the significance tied to execution evidence rather than confirmed adoption or token demand.Fragmented digital trade systems cost Africa up to $100 billion a year.This joint venture with the Secretariat is designed to develop the infrastructure to close that gap, connecting MENA-anchored institutional rails to a $3.4 trillion economy across 55 AfCFTA member…