simon coveney, the minister for enterprise trade and employment. going to be speaking with the uae's artificial intelligence and digital economy omar sultan al olama about the country's a.i. drive. but first coming up, could there be a common currency for africa? we're going to discuss that out of get away africa forum in morocco next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this cost of constraint to trade in africa. so we don't have a common currency yet. there is an objective to get a currency. but in the meantime, we have introduced a tool that is a step in that direction. and that is payments for trade in a single based on a single platform for trade in africa. dani: that was secretary general of the african continental free trade area that discussion on bringing a common currency for african nations has been a key talking point at the bloomberg new economy get away africa forum. let's go to jen. get more into this proposal. how likely is it? jen: yeah, i mean, dani, they have been working on the sata for about 13 years. what i think he's realized if the past