{"id":721118,"date":"2019-10-11T13:20:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T13:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/11\/ghana-post-makes-progress\/"},"modified":"2019-10-11T13:20:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T13:20:42","slug":"ghana-post-makes-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/11\/ghana-post-makes-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Post Makes Progress &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>J<strong>ames Kwofie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GHANA POST says its adoption of a new vision of being commercially focused and operationally compliant has led to the doubling of its revenue within four years.<\/p>\n<p>James Kwofie,<br \/>\nManaging Director of Ghana Post, who disclosed this during this year\u2019s World<br \/>\nPost Day celebration in Accra, said since 2017, Ghana Post had changed the way<br \/>\nit served customers by providing convenience and expanding technology-enabled product<br \/>\nofferings.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s<br \/>\ncelebration was themed: \u201cDelivering Development\u201d in line with the<br \/>\n\u201cSustainable Development Goal 16\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the<br \/>\ncompany had also taken advantage of the boom in e-Commerce and global financial<br \/>\nservices to grow its market share. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Kwofie said in<br \/>\n2019 and the years ahead, the company expected to complement its growth by<br \/>\nexpanding e-services in more post offices to attract government business,<br \/>\nfacilitation of sale of documents, forms and ticketing services.<\/p>\n<p>Among the<br \/>\nimprovements in technology were; the expansion of connectivity with support<br \/>\nfrom e-Transform project, expansion of operational enterprise postal system to<br \/>\nhandle customer enquiries and online track and trace solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Such improvements<br \/>\nin capacity, Mr. Kwofie continued, had translated into delivering quality<br \/>\ncustomer service and improved service delivery, leading to various awards<br \/>\nincluding International Best Call Center Awards for 2017 and 2018 by the<br \/>\nawarded UPU; Public Sector Campaign of the year 2018 (GhanaPostGPS); Excellence<br \/>\nin Innovation and Technology, Outstanding Contributions to the Shipping<br \/>\nIndustry 2019 by Shippers Council, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana Post has<br \/>\nalso been pre-occupied with revenue generation activities and prudent cost<br \/>\nmanagement since 2017, according to him. <\/p>\n<p>The activities,<br \/>\namong others, included the alignment of operational initiatives, signing on new<br \/>\nbusinesses and models, partnering other institutions to offer customers<br \/>\nvariety.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the<br \/>\nMD said the company had also introduced flexibility in the payment of letter<br \/>\nboxes; giving customers the convenience of paying bills via mobile technology<br \/>\n(using Web, Mobile and USSD).<\/p>\n<p>Again, in a bid to<br \/>\nimprove access to financial services aside remittances, the company has entered<br \/>\ninto agency banking agreement with Fidelity Bank which is at the verge of<br \/>\ntaking off.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana Post is also<br \/>\noffering online payment solution termed GhPostpay. <\/p>\n<p>It has further<br \/>\nentered into agreement for the provision of Post Assurance services, bringing<br \/>\nboth life and non-life insurance services to the door step of people through<br \/>\nselected post offices, he highlighted.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>BY Melvin Tarlue <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Kwofie GHANA POST says its adoption of a new vision of being commercially focused and operationally compliant has led to the doubling of its revenue within four years. 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