Post Distribution Company (PDC), Egypt Post’s logistics arm, has signed a cooperation protocol with Amazon Egypt, the world’s largest e-commerce company. The collaboration aims to provide express shipping and distribution services to Amazon’s customers through PDC. The signing ceremony was attended by executives from the two companies.
The agreement is within the framework of Egypt Post's strategy to boost the e-commerce industry in Egypt through PDC, which offers high-quality customer-focused shipping services. The aim is to provide a seamless customer experience to both sellers and buyers registered on Amazon platform.
Since customer confidence in distribution services is a key driver of e-commerce growth, Egypt Post has been developing innovative solutions and harnessing all available resources to facilitate the access of citizens to services. Egypt Post capitalizes on its robust and resilient infrastructure to adapt with economic, societal and technological changes; fulfill individuals and businesses’ needs, and introduce advanced technological solutions and systems. In addition, Egypt Post serves people through a vast network of postal outlets, including 4,300 post offices available nationwide, postal kiosks, and mobile post offices.
The agreement with Amazon complements PDC development efforts as part of Egypt Post’s strategy of moving beyond just delivering mail to shipping and distributing e-commerce parcels and collecting cash on delivery, further developing the Egyptian e-commerce landscape.
Moreover, Egypt Post adopts a strategy that aims to improve the quality of all its services and introduce new ones to meet customers’ needs and contribute to the national efforts to facilitate citizens’ access to services.
For Amazon, the agreement is within its plans of building strategic partnerships to improve shipping and create the best customer experience. Amazon is also keen on providing an ideal shopping experience and further expanding its footprint and reach in the Egypt market. Amazon, as one of the world's top online marketplaces, is dedicated to stimulating the growth of the e-commerce industry by fostering cooperation with different players and heavily investing in Egypt to expand its business and advance economic growth and digital transformation in the country.
