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The postal sector has a role to play in the digital sector and there is need to expedite its transformation, Information and Communication Technology and Courier Services Minister Jenfan Muswere has said.
Minister Muswere, who is also the chairman of the Pan African Postal Union (PAPU) Plenipotentiary Conference, said the Covid-19 pandemic served to highlight the important role of postal and courier services as countries were forced to implement hard national lockdowns.
“Acknowledging the important role played by men and women in the postal sector value chain who braved the challenges of Covid-19 to deliver important health requirements to institutions and citizens of our countries, governments responded by declaring the postal sector as part of the essential services.
“This allowed the smooth delivery of essential postal services to the citizenry during very trying times. We therefore as governments need to keep supporting the postal sector through its digital transformation phase as its traditional role of last mile delivery of goods is here to stay,” he said while addressing delegates attending the 27th Universal Postal Union Congress held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire yesterday.
The ICT Minister added that postal infrastructure can help governments achieve the digitilisation agenda through e-commerce and provision of enhanced postal financial services.
PAPU has called for the speedy implementation of appropriate policies, standards and rules that will lead to the successful digital transformation of the postal sector.
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