Africa is home to some of the world's boldest plastic bans, yet its rules pull in different directions. So how does a continent turn scattered national laws into one shared standard? Join us for a virtual session with international trade lawyer, legal educator, and public policy researcher Irene Chiaki Korley-Ayerteye, as she makes the case that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is Africa's most powerful available instrument for harmonizing plastic regulation. With roughly 65% of national plastics regulations pulling in different directions, enforcement weakens and Africa's voice in global plastics governance fragments. Irene traces a pathway that turns scattered national rules into one continental standard, advancing regional integration, environmental sustainability, and a youth-led circular economy. One African market can become one African standard, and Africa's young people can lead the way. As part of our Road to Y20 series, this conversation will directly connect to this year's Y20 Global Economy and Job Creation track and explore the trade, sustainability, and enforcement questions driving the most pressing developments in foreign policy today. Irene Chiaki Korley-Ayerteye is an international trade lawyer, legal educator, and public policy researcher working at the intersection of law, trade, and environmental policy, with a particular focus on plastics regulation in Africa. A barrister admitted to the practice of law in both Ghana and Nigeria, she teaches Contract, Commercial, and International Trade and Investment Law at Mountcrest University College in Accra, Ghana, where she founded the university's Mooting Society to train a new generation of African advocates.