post pandemic and the turmoil of the ukraine crisis the continent of africa faces its own unique challenges in achieving sustainable growth and development. investment and trade are key. the potential, huge. so, could one answer lie in the newly created african continental free trade bloc, or afcfta, the world s largest? my colleague lukwesa burak sat down with one of the most respected financial leaders on the continent, the president of afreximbank, professor benedict oramah, and asked him whether african nations and the rest of the world, were taking the free trade area and its potential seriously. i think africa is taking it seriously. this agreement is the only agreement that has moved. inaudible. it was ratified a year after. that is why the covid i9 pandemic,