Tag: Kenya

Kenya to host DHL’s new cargo division

Posted by | Sep 13, 2005 | |

Courier giant DHL Worldwide has established a new division that will cater for cargo. DHL Danzas Air and Ocean will operate in Equatorial Africa with Kenya as its regional base. The freight services will operate separately from DHL Express, the courier wing of the company. “Some things will change but for the better,” says John Cockayne, Danzas area general manager. “With the new development, our customers will now benefit from a better choice of products and services.” Kenya was picked as the base for the region that covers Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Zambia and Angola. Other countries that are also covered in the circuit include, Mauritius, Gabon, Reunion, Madagascar and the Congo. According to Mr Cockayne, Danzas will offer freight cargo services for air and sea and operate in 66 countries in sub-Saharan Africa where DHL Express has a presence.

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New rules needed to raise quality of postal services

Posted by | Jul 18, 2005 | |

New rules may need to be drawn up for the postal sector to jolt it into the 21st century. Competition and deregulation has increased considerably in Kenya’s telecoms industry, thanks largely to the innovation brought in by mobile phone service providers. But a trully competitive postal services market remains a mirage, and with the advent of e-mail and the internet, the industry is increasingly looking stone-age. Letter delivery is a lucrative business. The Postal Corporation of Kenya, popularly referred to as Posta, remains the dominant force and monopoly in Kenya’s postal market. However, in courier services and express parcels there is stiff competition with the major local and international players such as FedEx, UPS, DHL and Nation Courier.

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Kenyan Postal firm ventures into money transfer business

Posted by | Dec 10, 2004 | |

Thirteen International firms have applied to partner with Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) in the provision of international money transfer services.

The Post Master General, Dan Ameyo, said PCK has already received the tenders for the new venture.

Ameyo said successful applicants would be short-listed before the middle of next year.

PCK’s push for this facility is to enable the organisation to compete on an equal footing with international companies that offer similar services, notably Western Union and DHL Ltd.

Ameyo was speaking at a function where Information Minister Raphael Tuju re-launched PCK’s Express Mail Services.

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Kenya to host the next UPU Congress in 2008

Posted by | Oct 1, 2004 | |

The 23rd UPU Congress in Romania decided this morning that the next UPU Congress will be held in Kenya in 2008. Kenya was standing against the United Arab Emirates which has offered to host the 24th Congress in Dubai. Just over 57% of the 150 member countries present voted in favour of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi as the next host city. It will only be the second time in the UPUs 130 year history that a UPU Congress is taking place in Africa; the last time was 1934 in Cairo, Egypt.

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Kenya Postal Corporation to revamp service

Posted by | Jun 14, 2004 | |

The Kenya Postal Corporation will this month spend Sh136 million to purchase more than 80 vehicles to be used by its courier services division.

Post Master General Dan Ameyo said the move is aimed at revamping the Emergency Mail Services and Speed Post.

Ameyo said the parastatal was also working on a plan to win back its customers who had deserted it in favour of other private firms.

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