Le transfert de l'argent par voie électronique bientôt possible dans les pays de la SADC
Les citoyens des pays membres de la Communauté pour le développement de l'Afrique australe (SADC) pourront à partir du mois de février 2008 transférer de l'argent plus facilement par voie électronique à travers la communauté.
Lors d'un point de presse donné jeudi à la direction générale de la poste à Port Louis, le président de l'Association des opérateurs de poste de l'Afrique australe (SAPOA), également directeur général de la société mauricienne des postes, M. Giandev Moteea, a expliqué que sa structure souhaitait atteindre tous les coins et recoins de la SADC.
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Inhabitants of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries will as from February next year have the opportunity to transfer money electronically throughout SADC, APA learns here Thursday.
At a press briefing Thursday at the General Post Office in Port Louis, the capital, Giandev Moteea, President of the Southern African Postal Operators Association (SAPOA) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mauritius Posts Limited explained that SAPOA wishes to reach every nook and corner of SADC which will allow the inhabitants to receive their money directly from post offices. Moteea indicated that the project will later integrate into the world system of electronic money transfer.
The CEO added that SAPOA is working on other projects; the main important one concerns the improvement of the international postal services within the SADC countries. He said SAPOA also plans to reduce postal density in some SADC countries; that is the number of inhabitants that are served by a post office. Moteea pointed out that the density is of 11, 300 inhabitants per post office in Mauritius whereas in some SADC countries, it is from 50, 000 to 60, 000 inhabitants.
Speaking of the future projects of the Mauritius Postal Limited for 2008, the CEO explained that the construction of a postal tower in Ebene, 15 km from Port Louis will start in February 2008. He said the company is also envisaging moving the Postal Musuem in Port Louis to a new and modern building in Port Louis.
SADC countries have 4254 post offices, including 103 in Mauritius and employs some 31, 754 persons. Last year, 1.8 million letters and 4.6 million parcels were delivered by SADC postmen.
