India Africa Postal Leaders Meet | 27 Jun 2024

Source: PIB

Recently, with the aim of strengthening ties among the administrations of African countries and India in the postal sector, the ‘India Africa Postal Leaders Meet’ was organised in India.

It is an initiative under the “South- South and Triangular Cooperation” programme of the Universal Postal Union and is organised with the support of India Post and the United States Postal Service.
- The key theme of the meet is capacity building, through study visits.
During the study visits India Post demonstrated the delivery of services through India Post, including e-commerce parcels, Dak Niryat Kendras, postal financial services by the India Post Payments Bank, Aadhaar enabled services, Passport services and Digital Life Certificate.
The meet is also significant in the backdrop of Indian led farsighted initiatives like ‘Voice of Global South Summit’, the India-Africa forum, and inclusion of the African Union in the G20 during India’s Presidency in 2023.
42 heads of postal administrations and other senior management personnel as delegates from the postal organisations of 22 African countries in the Global South attended the meet.