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EACO Post & Logistics Forum

"The Premier Annual Gathering for Postal Operators, Regulators and Logistics Companies Across East Africa",

📅 2025📍 East Africa Rotating🌍 7 countries
Annually
Event Frequency
12+
Postal MoUs
2025
Current Edition
7
Member States

About this Programme

The EACO Post and Logistics Forum (EPLF) brings together postal operators, national regulators, logistics companies, e-commerce platforms and development partners from across the East African region and beyond. The Forum serves as the primary platform for policy dialogue, MoU signing, technical knowledge exchange and strategic partnership development in the postal and logistics sector. Each edition focuses on advancing digital postal transformation, harmonising cross-border logistics standards and ensuring that universal postal service obligations are met in the digital age. The Forum rotates annually across EACO member state capitals.
 

Objectives

  • 1Advance the digital transformation of postal services across East Africa.
  • 2Facilitate the signing of Memoranda of Understanding between postal operators
  • 3 Harmonise cross-border logistics standards and customs procedures.
  • 4Integrate postal networks with regional e-commerce platforms
  • 5Strengthen the capacity of postal regulators and operators.

Key Focus Areas

Digital Postal Transformation

Modernising postal infrastructure and services for the digital economy.

E-Commerce Logistics Integration

Enabling postal operators to serve rapidly growing e-commerce demand.

Cross-Border Postal Cooperation

Harmonising cross-border postal procedures, customs and tracking standards.

Universal Postal Service Standards

Ensuring universal access and affordability across the region.

Regulatory Harmonisation

Aligning postal regulatory frameworks across all seven member states.

Partnership Development

Facilitating MoUs, joint ventures and public-private partnerships.

Partner Organisations

Universal Postal Union (UPU)
African Postal Union (PAPU)
East African Community (EAC)
Member State Postal Operators
National Communications Regulators