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Ethiopian post office to sign deal with international carriers
As part of a reform program, the Ethiopian Postal Service (EPS) office is set to sign agreements with international carriers, with the view of boosting the postal services, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC) of Ethiopia disclosed.
Junedi Sado, Minister of Transport and Communication told journalists on September 1, 2008 that the Postal Service has been undergoing the implementation phase of a Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) in collaboration with the Ethiopian Civil Service Agency for the last nine months.
A source from the Ministry told Capital that working agreement will be signed with international carriers, including DHL, UPS and other big firms in the industry to share destinations for delivery of packages; however the agreement date is still unknown.
Even if EPS is yet to feel the impact of e-mail and other advanced communication technologies on revenue, a study conducted by foreign consultants shows that EPS can no longer sustain itself in the market if not engaged in the financial markets as other national postal enterprises do.
Read MoreEthiopian State Minister urges Postal Service Agency to expand, improve services
Ethiopian Postal Service Agency could be one of the organizations that generate huge revenue in the country by expanding its horizons and providing efficient services, the state minister for transport and communications sector said.
Speaking at a discussion held between clients here, State Minister for Transport and Communications Sector David Ruach said the agency should increase its income by eliminating backward procedures and providing effective services.
The state minister who advised the agency to draw valuable lessons from agencies in other countries said the government would render its support to the agency.
Ethiopian Postal Service Agency General Manager, Yeiyogidey Gebreyohannes, on his part said the agency has begun implementing Business Process Reengineering (BPR) to effect reform in the agency.
According to him, the agency is currently providing efficient services through its 962 centers across the country.
It has also bought four medium size buses to begin offering delivery work, he added.
Besides the agency has been undertaking activities to expand money transfer activities, Cash for Africa and Express Money services across the country, the general manager concluded.
Postal Service to Expand in-House Deliveries – Ethopia Post
The Ethiopian Postal Service (EPS) is preparing to take over out of town mail deliveries by assigning its own vehicles to offer the services to regional and rural branches.
EPS has obtained financial assistance for the purchase of four Mitsubishi Coaster buses that have a 26 passenger capacity from the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the United Nations’ (UN) postal service. EPS presented a project document to the UPU on March 22, 2007. The UPU allocated three million Birr for the purchase of the buses and is facilitating their delivery through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) office in Addis Abeba because it does not have an office in the country.
Bezabeh Asfaw, acting head of the Operations Department at EPS, told Fortune that the cost of the buses was not fully covered by UPU.
Read MorePostal Service Providers Challenged On Vigilance
Stiff international competition is forcing Africa’s postal service providers to reinvent themselves to remain relevant communication market players.
Speaking at a nine-day cost accounting seminar that started on Tuesday at the Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala featuring several countries, the Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology, Mr John Alintuma Nsambu, called on the African postal industry to be dynamic to accommodate challenges of market liberalisation, globalisation and technological advancement.
He said the government supports the cost accounting techniques to promote efficiency within the industry.
The seminar is part of a training programme coming amid years of reform of Posta Uganda to turn it into a modern customer-orientated company.
Acting Managing Director Posta Uganda Emmanuel Mulooki said cost accounting seminar will help Posta Uganda to monitor and evaluate its expenditures.
Participants in the seminar have come from Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Others have come from Ghana, Nigeria, Swaziland, Zambia and Ethiopia.
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