Cameroon to launch e-Post project funded by China
Updated: 2012-10-26 16:10
(Xinhua)
|
|||||||||
YAOUNDE - Cameroon's postal sector will soon launch a major initiative that will enhance its performance following the announcement of an expected launch of the e-Post project that will be implemented by the state operator Campost through a Chinese loan of $62 million.
These revelations were made on Thursday in Yaounde by Cameroon's Posts and Telecommunications Minister Jean-Pierre Biyiti Bi Essam who was speaking during celebrations to mark the 138th edition of the World Post Day.
The minister said that e-Post project which comes as a response to the liberalization of the industry, will enable Cameroon's post offices to have superior production tools that will make them to recover the market lost by the public operator.
The project will involve the construction of a data center that will keep data, applications and a network of interconnections of all post offices spread across the national territory.
The data center which will host a control and management center, will be equipped with, among others, micro-computers, lap-tops, IP telephones and scanners.
The e-Post project is a continuation of the efforts that have been made for the last two years to reform Cameroon Postal Services (Campost) with the technical assistance of the French operator Sofrepost, after a structural crisis that was brought about by poor management that led many customers to abandon using the postal services.
The institution has improved its service provision and currently offers a 24-hour delivery service for parcels and letters in the capital Yaounde as well as in Douala, the economic capital, after acquiring 10 vehicles that are used in the distribution exercise.
- Relief reaches isolated village
- Rainfall poses new threats to quake-hit region
- Funerals begin for Boston bombing victims
- Quake takeaway from China's Air Force
- Obama celebrates young inventors at science fair
- Earth Day marked around the world
- Volunteer team helping students find sense of normalcy
- Ethnic groups quick to join rescue efforts
Most Viewed
Editor's Picks
Supplies pour into isolated villages |
All-out efforts to save lives |
American abroad |
Industry savior: Big boys' toys |
New commissioner
|
Liaoning: China's oceangoing giant |
Today's Top News
Health new priority for quake zone
Xi meets US top military officer
Japan's boats driven out of Diaoyu
China mulls online shopping legislation
Bird flu death toll rises to 22
Putin appoints new ambassador to China
Japanese ships blocked from Diaoyu Islands
Inspired by Guan, more Chinese pick up golf
US Weekly
Beyond Yao
|
Money power |