Mr. Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister, inspected the National Postal Authority’s pavilion at the Cairo International Communications and Information Technology Exhibition “Cairo ICT 2024,” accompanied by Dr. Amr Talaat, Minister of Communications and Information Technology. They were received by Dalia El-Baz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Postal Authority, where she Welcoming His Excellency to the Postal Pavilion and reviewed the most important and latest developments achieved by the Post Office in the service system, with an explanation of the services provided by the Authority.
Professor Dalia El-Baz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Postal Authority, stated that Egyptian Post is participating this year in the Cairo International Information and Communications Technology Exhibition “Cairo ICT 2024” with a variety of modern digital services and solutions. Through its pavilion inside the exhibition, the Egyptian Post will present a comprehensive presentation of its latest achievements in the fields of digital transformation and financial inclusion, developing post offices and infrastructure to provide integrated digital services, in addition to “Decent Life” projects, and developing the transport fleet and logistics services. With the aim of supporting the state’s plans to make it easier for citizens.
Professor Dalia El-Baz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Postal Authority, said: “Egyptian Post is presenting this year at the Cairo International Information Technology Exhibition “CAIRO ICT 2024” many of the integrated digital services it provides,” noting that Egyptian Post is witnessing a remarkable development in the field of transformation. Digital, thanks to the extensive investments in developing infrastructure and adopting the latest technologies and solutions and integrating them into work systems, to provide financial, postal, governmental, and digital Egypt services to citizens with ease, through a wide network of The outlets reach 4,600 post offices, including 83 postal kiosks, and 130 mobile postal cars used at peak times – especially pension disbursement times -, in addition to the “Drive Thru” post office, which is the first branch of its kind in Egypt, the Middle East and Africa, which provides service from Inside the car, it represents a qualitative shift in the way services are provided to all citizens. There is a plan to spread this type of offices in the rest of Greater Cairo and various governorates, as part of the development plan that includes increasing the number of offices. Outlets and expansion of services to meet all citizens’ needs in line with the strategy of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
Professor Dalia El-Baz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Postal Authority, pointed out that Egyptian Post has become the government’s arm in providing services to citizens – especially those in centers, villages, hamlets and border areas – by relying on the wide geographical spread of post offices and outlets, explaining that Egyptian Post strongly participates in The “Decent Life” initiative, where the number of post offices included in the initiative reaches 1,734 post offices spread throughout the republic. The development of the first phase has been fully completed, and the estimated number is 817 post offices with a percentage of completion. 100%, and 762 offices were developed within the second phase of the initiative, with a completion rate of 83%, with the aim of providing all the services that citizens need through post offices with complete ease, in addition to paying attention to environmental sustainability by launching a project to convert and modernize old postal cars into working cars. With electric power and natural gas to reduce carbon emissions and preserve the environment, she explained that the Egyptian Post’s fleet of cars amounts to 1,659 cars, including 1,420 cars for logistical transport and support services, and 148 cars for transporting money, in addition to 91 cars operated by the Postal Company for distribution.
Ms. Dalia El-Baz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Postal Authority, added that the Authority has implemented the largest plan to develop and revive historical offices and headquarters with the aim of preserving them and restoring their splendor, as part of the efforts made to preserve the state’s assets and heritage buildings, because of their great historical value, as they possess many Among the historical buildings that were built more than 100 years ago, including the main Cairo Post Office in Ataba, the Aswan Branch Post Office, the King Fouad Station Post Office in Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, and the Post Office Assiut Maashaat Post Office in Assiut Governorate, the Maghagha Main Post Office in Minya Governorate, and the Shallal Post Office in Aswan were restored, developed and revived with an innovative vision to preserve their historical value and the original architectural design of the buildings, using the latest sustainability methods while preserving the unique architectural heritage and Egyptian identity, in addition to providing them with the latest Technological systems and solutions to provide all financial, postal, governmental and digital Egypt services to citizens.
Ms. Dalia El-Baz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Postal Authority, indicated that the Egyptian Post has developed the services it provides and added new services, including the Egypt Digital Platform services and the “Waslha” service, which is one of the distinguished services launched by the Egyptian Post to support small projects and e-commerce, as It is an advanced shipping service that relies on artificial intelligence (AI) and geospatial (GIS) technologies, and it is one of the postal logistics services that serves e-commerce customers, whether customers or merchants, by transporting packages of products sold online from the seller to the consumer, in addition to serving all Citizens Those wishing to ship packages from (door to door) via the “Waslha” application, notarization and real estate registration services, and Ministry of Interior services such as “criminal status sheet – documents related to civil status such as national ID card, birth certificate, divorce certificate, death certificate, family registry.” Public Prosecution services such as “issuing a clearance certificate”, government transfer services, Ministry of Housing services, and Ministry of Education services such as “paying school fees and tablet fees” in addition to paying the fees of many universities, in addition to Financial inclusion services, including the disbursement of dues, installment payments, micro-consumer loans, and insurance companies, in addition to the deployment of approximately 2,000 automated teller machines (ATMs) throughout the Republic. Post offices will also be provided with approximately 1,100 new ATMs during the coming period, bringing the total The number of postal ATM machines reached 3,100, in addition to 18,000 POS machines. Spread across the republic; So that all citizens can pay their financial dues with ease.
During the exhibition activities, the Egyptian Post presents a presentation of the services and capabilities of the new digital postal printing presses, after developing them and equipping them with the latest international printing systems, so that the postal printing presses become able to meet the needs of the Egyptian Post in this industry, and also meet the needs of the local market and expand the service of public and private sector institutions.
