Malawi Posts Corporation (MPC) is the statutory corporation responsible for the
postal service
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and some
financial services
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in
Malawi
Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...
.
Services
MPC runs 180
post office
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s throughout Malawi, and also provides services via 154 postal agencies. Mail delivery times vary from next-day delivery within the cities to 5 days between rural post offices.
The post offices may also provide
PO box
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In some regions, particularly in Africa, there is no door-to-door delivery ...
es and sell stationery.
Financial services provided include electronic, telegraphic and money transfer services within Malawi and internationally, and utility and telephone bill payments.
The MPC is regulated by the
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) which regulates all postal services in Malawi.
Since MPC's creation MACRA has licensed ten other postal services providers such as
DHL
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and
FedEx
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.
History
The corporation was created from the ''Malawi Posts and Telecommunications Corporation'' which was restructured in June 2000 in accordance with the 1998 Communications Act.
See also
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Communications in Malawi
Communications in Malawi includes the country's postal, telephone, television, radio and internet services.
Post
Malawi Posts Corporation provides the national postal service in Malawi and runs the post offices throughout the country. Ten othe ...
References
{{Postal administrations of Africa
Communications in Malawi
Companies of Malawi
Postal organizations
Philately of Malawi