As a firm with a strong Pan African focus and we have the objective of assisting African businesses and establishments with a keen interest in the development of the African continent to smoothly navigate the African market and find solutions to the legal problems they are faced with on the continent. We have a dedicated Pan African team that works with the other Departments in the firm for this purpose. In this regard, and with the emergence of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), we are steadily positioning ourselves as a key player in the legal landscape in Africa for facilitating the settlement of disputes through the dispute resolution mechanism established under the AfCFTA Agreement. As there have been no disputes so far under the AfCFTA, our activities are currently focused on initiating, encouraging and participating in action-oriented discourse relating to the role of lawyers and law firms in the single market agenda, and more specifically in dispute resolution when the AfCFTA reaches its full implementation. In furtherance of this objective, we have established a close relationship with the AfCFTA Secretariat in Accra and partner with the Secretariat in organizing events geared toward this purpose. In January 2023, we partnered with Africa Prosperity Network (a not-for-profit organization founded and chaired by our Senior Partner), the AfCFTA Secretariat, and the Office of the President of Ghana in organizing the maiden ‘Africa Prosperity Dialogues’. At this event which had several lawyers and law firms in Africa in attendance, we highlighted the need for a common continental arbitration seat in Africa under the AfCFTA, and the need for private business entities to be engaged in the dispute resolution process under the AfCFTA.