2. Location : Southern Africa
3. Boundaries : Angola, Botswana, Congo DR, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.
4. Area : 752,614 sq km.
5. Population : 10.4 million as at sent 2002
6. Per capital GDP : US $ 100
7. Capital City : Lusaka
8. Large cities : Livingstone, Kitwe, Ndola.
9. Government : Republic
10. Official Language : English
11. Other Languages
: Bemba, Kaonde, Lozi, Luanda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga.
12.
Currency : Kwacha (K) (K1,00 =10ngwee)
13. Number of postal offices : 116
14. Policy Maker (for postal matters): Government (Parliament)
15. Name of the Postal Administration: Zambia Postal Services Corporation (ZAMPOST)
16. Name of the Regulator : Ministry of Communications & Transport
17. Name of the Operator : Zambia Postal Services Corporation (ZAMPOST)
18. Names of
Internet Services Providers: Zamnet, Zamtel, Coppernet
19. Names of New Products Introduced: Bureau de charge,
Business Centres, Agency services
20. What is the Legal Status of your Postal Administrations? : Autonomous Government Enterprise
21. What is the
total staff number of your Postal
Administrations and their classification per categories: 841
a. Executive: 12
b. Middle Management
c: Operational Staff
22. What is in
terms of percentage the number of women
employed by your Postal Administration? 29%
23. What are
the Air Companies flying from your Country?
a: Air Zimbabwe
b: British Airways
c: Ethiopian Airlines
d: Kenya Airways
e: South African Airways
g: Zambian Airways
24. Which of
them signed a conveyance contract with your Postal Administration?
All of them except Air Zimbabwe
25. What is in terms of percentage the number of computerised postal offices?
None
of the Post Office is cmputerized per se but the following services are Western
Union,
Money Order and EMS. A project for the computerized of Post Office counters
and Mail operation
is underway