Postal Monopoly Blocks Digital Innovation

This provision grants Ghana Post exclusive rights over letters, postcards, printed matters, and small parcels, preventing private operators from competing in these segments regardless of their digital capabilities. While 20 mandates extensive digital infrastructure for courier services, this monopoly ensures those innovations cannot be applied to reserved postal services by private competitors. The contracting mechanism in 23 allows Ghana Post to subcontract delivery, but private operators cannot independently innovate or compete. This exceeds modern OECD practice, which favors competition with universal service obligations rather than full monopolies, significantly limiting market-driven digital transformation of postal services.