By YVONNE CHATE –
COMMERCE Trade and Industry Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe has identified the need to embrace Public Private Partnership (PPP) for the country’s business sector to grow.
Ms Mwanakatwe said there is a lot to be achieved by Government which can only happen through the PPP.
The minister said this during a business forum at Mukuba Hotel in Ndola yesterday held on the sidelines of the ongoing Zambia International Trade Fair (ZITF).
She said Government had adopted the PPP as a tool to expand business performance in the country and ensure the private sector participated in the country’s economic growth.
She challenged other business houses to participate in the PPP as a mode to expand national growth.
“PPP’s is a concept that needs to be understood by everyone because Government is committed to the advancement of this mode of improving the country’s business environment,” he said
World Bank voice secondment programme, project manager Kenneth Mwenda said PPP was important as it was a medium to launch an entrance to the public and private sector.
Professor Mwenda said the private sector had to provide services to the public such as infrastructure water, sanitation development.
