Twin Foundation正式啟動，與IOTA和AFCFTA重新定義了全球貿易

這次推出是多年創新，協作和數字願景的產物，代表了進行國際貿易方式的一個重大飛躍。

The Trade and World Integration Network (TWIN) Foundation was officially launched yesterday in Lusaka during the AfCFTA Digital Trade Protocol event.

貿易和世界一體化網絡（TWIN）基金會於昨天在AFCFTA數字貿易協議活動期間正式在盧薩卡成立。

A product of years of innovation, collaboration and digital vision, the launch of the TWIN Foundation marks a significant moment for global commerce.

Twin Foundation的創新，協作和數字視覺的多年創新產品標誌著全球商業的重要時刻。

What began as a bold experiment in 2016, led by IOTA and developed through TLIP (Trade and Logistics Information Pipeline), has now become a global movement with the creation of the TWIN Foundation. The foundation is being built on open-source principles to serve a very specific purpose: to make trade faster, more transparent, more secure and above all, more inclusive. If you work in the spaces where data, identity and trust matter, TWIN is your new home base.

最初是由IOTA領導的，並通過TLIP（貿易和物流信息管道）開發的大膽實驗，現在已隨著Twin Foundation的創建而成為全球運動。該基金會建立在開源原則的基礎上，以實現非常具體的目的：使貿易更快，更透明，更安全，最重要的是更具包容性。如果您在數據，身份和信任物質的空間中工作，那麼Twin是您的新家庭基礎。

The TWIN Foundation is a non-profit organization tasked with stewarding the global rollout of digital trade infrastructure, with an emphasis on interoperability, transparency and decentralization. In short, it is creating the ‘plumbing’ that powers the digital trade world of tomorrow.

Twin Foundation是一個非營利組織，其任務是管理全球數字貿易基礎設施的推出，重點是互操作性，透明度和權力下放化。簡而言之，它正在創建為明天的數字貿易世界提供動力的“管道”。

Launched with the support of AfCFTA and alongside key collaborators such as IOTA and TLIP, TWIN is already demonstrating success through pilot projects with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). These projects are applying real-world use cases to show how customs, logistics and cross-border documentation can all be streamlined through technology. At its core, the Foundation is proving that digital trade infrastructure is not only a ‘nice-to-have’, but a critical need. By embedding trust and verifiability into data flows, it makes digital trade work at scale, globally.

Twin在AFCFTA和IOTA和TLIP等主要合作者的支持下啟動，已經通過與肯尼亞稅務局（KRA）的飛行員項目一起證明了成功。這些項目正在應用現實世界中的用例來展示如何通過技術簡化海關，物流和跨境文檔。基金會以此為核心，證明了數字貿易基礎設施不僅是“不錯的”，而且是一個迫切的需求。通過將信任和驗證性嵌入到數據流中，它可以使數字貿易在全球範圍內進行大規模工作。

One of the earliest backers and developers of this system was IOTA technology, known for its feeless, decentralized architecture, which was instrumental in establishing the digital backbone of TWIN. The goal was to eliminate friction in trade caused by paperwork, inconsistent standards and delays in verification.

該系統的最早支持者和開發人員之一是Iota Technology，以其啟發性的，分散的建築而聞名，該建築有助於建立雙胞胎的數字骨幹。目的是消除由文書工作，不一致的標準和驗證延遲引起的貿易摩擦。

Deploying IOTA’s distributed ledger technology within the TLIP protocol enabled TWIN to create a system where governments, customs authorities and companies can share verifiable data instantly and securely. The result? Fewer errors, lower costs and better collaboration between trading partners. This isn’t technological evolution, it’s a fundamental reimagining of how we build systems for trade. And it’s happening right now.

在TLIP協議中部署IOTA的分佈式分類帳技術使雙胞胎能夠創建一個系統，政府，海關當局和公司可以立即安全地共享可驗證的數據。結果？貿易夥伴之間的錯誤，較低的成本和更好的合作。這不是技術演變，而是對我們如何建立貿易系統的基本重新構想。現在正在發生。

One of the strongest aspects of the TWIN Foundation is its emphasis on inclusive trade. By leveraging open-source frameworks, the foundation ensures that small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups and under-represented regions also get a seat at the table. Whether you’re a local logistics firm in Kenya or a customs agency in Ghana, the infrastructure does not require massive budgets or complex integrations. It’s built to scale, up and down, depending on what each region or partner needs. This is critical in a world where digital inequality can often mirror economic inequality. TWIN isn’t just building systems for the top 1 percent of traders. It’s democratizing access to global trade flows for everyone.

雙胞胎基金會最強大的方面之一是它強調包容性貿易。通過利用開源框架，基金會確保中小型企業，初創企業和代表性不足的地區也可以坐在桌子上。無論您是肯尼亞的當地物流公司還是加納的海關機構，基礎設施都不需要大量的預算或複雜的整合。根據每個地區或合作夥伴的需求，它的構建是為了上下擴展。在這個數字不平等通常可以反映經濟不平等的世界中，這至關重要。雙胞胎不僅僅是為交易員的最高1％建立系統。它使每個人都民主化進入全球貿易流動。

With the official launch behind them, the TWIN Foundation is now looking ahead to expanding its ecosystem. More pilot programs, more public-private partnerships and more countries onboarded into its infrastructure will define the next phase of growth. But perhaps most importantly, this is just the beginning of the journey.

隨著他們背後的正式發布，雙基金會現在正在尋求擴大其生態系統。更多的試點計劃，更多的公私合作夥伴關係以及更多進入基礎設施的國家將定義下一階段的增長階段。但是也許最重要的是，這只是旅程的開始。

By committing to open standards, decentralization and global collaboration, the TWIN Foundation is setting a new benchmark for how we design digital trade infrastructure that actually works, across borders, sectors and technologies. And as Sir Tony Blair, Executive Chair of the Institute for Global Change, emphasized during the launch, “If we can rebuild trust in how the world trades, we can rebuild prosperity too.”

通過承諾開放標準，權力下放和全球合作，Twin Foundation正在為我們如何設計數字貿易基礎架構設計新的基準，該基礎設施實際上是在跨越邊界，部門和技術的實際工作的。正如全球變革研究所執行主席托尼·布萊爾爵士（Tony Blair）在發射期間強調的那樣，“如果我們可以重建對世界交易的信任，我們也可以重建繁榮。”