African young professionals help chart new course for the region’s Posts
30.09.2026 — Africa is the youngest continent globally and engaging with this emerging group of future leaders, policymakers and innovators will be essential to the survival of African postal operators.
Latest postal statistics call for rapid transformation
29.09.2026 — The UPU’s latest Postal Statistics yearbook release shows that real postal revenue is in decline across all regions – a signal that current operating strategies are insufficient and driving the call for swift diversification of postal business models.
Postal restructuring underway in Brazil
29.09.2026 — H.E. Sonia Faustino Mendes, Brazil’s Vice-Minister for Communications, shares the country’s plans to improve the Post’s financial sustainability while reinforcing its role as a pillar of universal public service.
Readying the network for a regulatory overhaul: Three game-changing trends shaping the postal landscape
28.09.2026 — The rise of e-commerce and entry of new service providers in the market are prompting major shifts in the way the sector is regulated. Union Postale takes an in-depth look at how changing customer needs, increasing customs pressure and data protection requirements are expected to shape postal sector regulation over the coming years.
Building skills and opening markets through the Post
28.09.2026 — For small businesses, e-commerce offers opportunities to reach new customers, but turning an online presence into a sustainable business requires more than access to a digital marketplace. Entrepreneurs need practical knowledge to navigate online platforms, develop their businesses and manage the delivery of their products.
One postal network, infinite possibilities – but only with government backing
25.09.2026 — This year's World Post Day theme, "One postal network, infinite possibilities," captures a truth the sector knows well: Post is so much more than letters and parcels. With more than 660,000 post offices worldwide, the Post is often the only public institution within reach in rural and remote areas and is backed by generations of trust built between staff and the communities they serve. Governments are increasingly leveraging this asset to extend essential digital services to the 2.2 billion people who remain offline, opening new financial sustainability pathways for postal operators.
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UPU launches ORE Plus to advance postal e-commerce readiness
30.08.2026 — The Universal Postal Union has officially launched ORE Plus, its most ambitious operational readiness programme to date, building on nearly a decade of targeted support to help postal operators worldwide handle the growing demands of cross-border e-commerce.
The evolving role of women in the postal sector
29.08.2026 — For much of postal history, women were present in the workforce but rarely visible in official records. According to Vincent Schicker, historian at the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the expansion of postal services during the nineteenth century gradually opened the door to women’s participation, although often under restrictive conditions.
Denmark’s postal reform: letters, legislation and lessons learned
28.08.2026 — On 1 January 2024, Denmark overhauled its postal legislation, ending the requirement for a state-designated operator to provide a universal letter service and replacing it with a market-based model. Two years later, PostNord, the national postal operator, delivered its last letter on 30 December 2025, and exited the letter market to focus on parcel delivery.
From postal addresses to digital infrastructure
27.08.2026 — Every online purchase, emergency response, government service and postal delivery begins with one essential piece of information: an address. Today, however, postal addressing is evolving beyond its traditional postal function, becoming part of the digital infrastructure that connects people, places and services across modern economies.
UPU Consultative Committee members eye postal digitization in Africa
27.08.2026 — The UPU’s Consultative Committee (CC) membership provides unique opportunities connecting wider postal sector players with postal operators and other partners that might benefit from their solutions. Three CC members share how participating in two high-level events in the African region provided unparalleled insight into the region and their ability to help African Posts meet their digitization goals.