Postal development : prospects and methods in Africa

Abstract

From the qualitative standpoint, users base their opiniun of a postal service on three criteria: speed, regularity and security. Delivery times between African countries and their former metropolitan countries are relatively satisfactory. On the other hand, they are not nearly as good within the countries themselves and between the various States, especially when the States belong to different language zones. (The traffic generally goes through Europe and this is bne of the problems being examined by the expert'assigned 'to the" ECA to study the African postal systems).