The Centre for Trade Policy and Development and Development (CTPD) , Southern Africa Cross Boarder Traders Association ( SACBTA )and the Zambia Chamber of Commerce Trade and Industry ( ZACCI ) would like to commend the Government of Zambia and Botswana on the milestone scored in the construction of the Kazungula Bridge. Infrastructure development of that kind is critical to the realisation of ambitions under the Africa Continental Free Trade Initiative.