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Supporters argue it could transform Africa's economic fortunes.

Our Africa business reporter Matthew Davies helps us compare rhetoric with reality.

Meanwhile another proposed trade deal has suffered a setback, as a vote in Strasbourg on a major proposed EU-US free trade deal has been delayed.

We discuss the proposed pact with Sander Loones, a Flemish MEP, and German MEP Ska Keller.

Also in the programme, we hear how hackers have found a new way to make money out of software loopholes.

We talk to Steve Jacques, an engineer at Juniper Networks, who helped write a report on an emerging grey market for information about software vulnerabilities.

Plus, there's been a dramatic rise in the number of women drinking whisky. Our reporter Lucy Burton has been trying to find out why.

(Picture: trucks queuing in Africa. Credit: AFP)