Elon Musk

Nigeria's runaway inflation impedes Starlink operations

The company has stopped accepting new home plan subscriptions, citing "excessive inflation" as a threat to its business, and it wants approval for price increases.
Samuel Olomu
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Elon Musk plans to increase Starlink's capacity in Africa

The founder of Starlink and a South African-born billionaire, announced the plans on his X platform.
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Oct 8, 2024

Nigerian regulator to sanction Starlink over price increments

The announcement was made just days after stakeholders accused the NCC of double standards for allowing price hikes, but preventing local operators from doing the same.
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Sep 9, 2024

Starlink's $50 monthly fee in Zim sparks excitement

Elon Musk's SpaceX broadband satellite internet service became active at midnight on Friday.
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Sep 3, 2024

Musk meeting Liberia’s president opens doors for Starlink

The arrival of the Low-Earth Orbit internet service provider would be a welcome boost in a country with a low internet penetration.
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Aug 28, 2024

Kenya's regulator acknowledges Safaricom's Starlink worries

Safaricom has requested the regulator to exercise caution in giving independent licenses to satellite internet service providers.
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Feb 8, 2024

Concerns over Starlink application in Botswana

The application by low-orbit satellite service, Starlink, to operate in Botswana is mired in uncertainty.
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Aug 4, 2023

Musk’s Starlink launches in Malawi

Starlink says users can expect ‘typical high speed internet with brief periods of intermittent service and high latency'.
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Jul 20, 2023

Elon Musk's Starlink launches in Kenya

Subscribers will pay $650 for the kit - Starlink dish, mounting stand, cables, and a power source – and the monthly subscription fee is  $46.
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Feb 1, 2023

Starlink to land in Nigeria

The company announced in a tweet this week that the service has been launched.
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Nov 23, 2022

Sacked Twitter Ghana staff head to court

Complainants also petition Ministry of Employment and National Labour Relations to intervene.
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Nov 11, 2022

Twitter closes Africa office after Ghanaian lay-offs

Employees have described the offer of three months’ severance as “insulting”.