Financial Inclusion Key In Improving Postal Services

September 5, 2016 Africa, Mobile money, Postal networks, remittances, unbanked, World Bank

Africa’s postal services regulator, UPU, has stressed on the need for member states to employ financial inclusion ensure that the

Ria adds more Post partnerships to reach underbanked

June 28, 2016July 12, 2016 Africa, African Postal Financial Services Initiative (APFSI), Postal networks, ria, underbanked

62 percent of the world’s adult population have an account with a bank, financial institution, or mobile money provider. But

Migrants’ remittances and the role of post offices in rural development

May 4, 2016July 9, 2016 Migrants, Postal networks, remittances, rural areas

For hundreds of millions of Africans, post offices play a crucial role in daily life, for sending and picking up

Nigeria to launch Post Bank

March 8, 2016July 9, 2016 Nigeria, Postal networks, Private sector, rural areas

Nigeria’s Minister of Communications said the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), will soon introduce Post Bank to bring banking services to rural dwellers.Mr Adebayo Shittu said this today while addressing journalists in Ibadan.He said Postbank would avail rural dwellers access to banking services through NIPOST offices across the country.

Tunisian post tests African digital currency market

December 28, 2015July 9, 2016 Africa, network, Postal networks, Tunisia

Tunisia is the smallest North African country, with a population of 11 million. The world bank considers it an upper-middle-income country, with GDP of approximately $48.61 billion in 2014.

The African Conference on Remittances and Postal Networks

February 8, 2015July 9, 2016 Postal networks

IFAD and its partners of the African Postal Financial Services Initiative are organizing the African Conference on Remittances and Postal Networks, that will be held on 4 and 5 March 2015 at the Townhouse Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa.
The conference is organized in the framework of the African Postal Financial Services Initiative (APFSI), a joint regional programme launched by IFAD’s Financing Facility for Remittances (FFR) in collaboration with the World Bank, the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the World Savings Banks Institute/European Savings Banks Group (WSBI/ESBG), and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), and co-financed by the European Union. This unique partnership is aimed at enhancing competition in the African remittance market by promoting and enabling post offices in Africa to offer remittance and financial services.

Postal networks

March 3, 2014 Asia and Oceania, country profile, Postal networks, Tonga

Bangladesh Post Bangladesh Post Office has signed bilateral money order agreement with 15(fifteen) countries: 1. Denmark 2, Fiji 3. Japan