1. Name : REP. OF BENIN

2. Location : WEST AFRICA (BETWEEN NIGER AND TOGO)

3. Boundaries : TOGO – BURKINA FASO – NIGER – NIGERIA

4. Area : 112, 622 KM2

5. Population : 6,543,622

6. Per capital GDP : FRANCS 299,404

7. Capital City : PORTO - NOVO

8. Large cities : COTONOU – PORTO NOVO - PANAKOU

9. Government : PRESIDENTIAL REGIME

10. Official Language : FRENCH

11. Other Languages : FON – YORUBA – NINA – GUN – ENGLISH etc.

12. Currency : CFA FRANC

13. Number of postal offices : 94

14. Postal Population : AROUND 3,000,000 MILLIONS

15. Policy Maker (for postal matters): BENIN GOVERNMENT

16. Name of the Postal Administration: DIRECTORATE OF POSTAL AND FINANCIAL SERVICES

17. Name of the Regulator : STATE OF BENIN

18. Name of the Operator : THE CORPORATION OF POSTS AND TELECOMUNICATIONS

19. Names of New Products Introduced: WESTERN UNION, ELECTRONIC MONEY,ORDER (MONEY EXPRESS), CYBERCAFE

20. What is the Legal Status of your Postal Administrations? : INDURSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PUBLIC COMPANY

21. What is the total staff number of your Postal
Administrations and their classification per categories: TOTAL:567: MANAGERS - 78 SUPERVISOR: 206 OPERATIONAL STAFF: 283;

22. What is in terms of percentage the number of women
employed by your Postal Administration? 36.15%

23. What are the Air Companies flying from your Country?
AIR FRNACE, AIR SENEGAL, AIR MAURITANIA, AIR BURKINA FASO, CAMAIR, WEST AFRICA AIRLINE, VU AIR IVOIRE

24. Which of them signed a conveyance contract with your Postal Administration? AIR FRANCE, AIR SENEGAL, AIR MAURITANIA, CAMAIR

25. What is in terms of percentage the number of computerised postal offices?
19%

General and Postal Info on:BENIN