SOUTHERN Africa Cross Border Traders Association (SACBTA) Secretary General Jacob Makambwe says the government should encourage private sector participation now that the country is ready to trade under the Africa Free Trade Area. On Monday, government said it had finalised the gazetting of its Provisional Schedule of Tariff Concessions (PSTC) under the Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry Principal Public Relations Officer Everness Nankala said Zambia was now ready to begin trading under the AfCFTA, following the introduction of SI No. 94. In an interview, Wednesday, Makambwe said the private sector needed to thrive in making sure that it had goods and services that the country could take in areas that...