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This service was expanded in 1846, connecting the South West African mission stations to those in South Africa. [2] The first post office of South West Africa was founded in Otjimbingwe in 1888, with more offices being established in Windhoek in 1891 and Swakopmund in 1895. In 1992, NamPost was founded, managing 92 post offices in Namibia.
This is a list of companies from the countries in the Caribbean Community. Caribbean Community companies. List of Antiguan-Barbudan companies;
Saint Kitts and Nevis is a two-island country in the West Indies. Located in the Leeward Islands chain of the Lesser Antilles, it is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population. The country is a Commonwealth realm, with the British monarch (currently King Charles III) as head of state.
A contextual macro-analysis of media in the Caribbean in the 1990s [permanent dead link ], Brown, Aggrey – History of television media in the Caribbean/West Indies during the 1990s; Stuart H. Surlin; Walter C. Soderlund, eds. (1990). Mass Media and the Caribbean. New York: Gordon and Breach. ISBN 978-2-88124-447-6.
Courier services operate on all scales, from within specific towns or cities, to regional, national and global services. Large courier companies include DHL, PathaoDTDC, FedEx, EMS International, TNT, UPS, India Post, J&T Express and Aramex. These offer services worldwide, typically via a hub and spoke model. Couriers services utilizing courier ...
In 1872 the three companies were merged with the Marseilles, Algiers and Malta Telegraph Company to form the Eastern Telegraph Company, with Pender as chairman. [ 12 ] The Eastern Telegraph Company steadily took over a number of companies founded to connect the West Indies and South America , leading to a name change to The Eastern and ...
Swakopmund ("Mouth of the Swakop") is a city on the coast of western Namibia, [2] 352 km (219 mi) west of the Namibian capital Windhoek via the B2 main road. It is the capital of the Erongo administrative district. It has 75,921 inhabitants. The city is situated at the edge of the Namib Desert and is the fourth largest population centre in Namibia.
Swakopmund and Langstrand are popular beach resorts; Arandis supports mining industry and Swakopmund boasts manufacturing. This region, with its link to the coast of Namibia, is well developed. Facilities such as schools, hospitals and clinics, the supply of electricity and telecommunication services are, with a few exceptions, well established.