Airtel, SpaceX ink connectivity deal for Africa

Musk introduced Starlink in Niger yesterday, following a rocky week in which his microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter) was hit by a massive cyberattack.

Botswana successfully launched its first satellite, BOTSAT-1 at SpaceX facilities in California, the US.

Starlink currently operates in over 100 countries around the world.

Musk had meetings with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Lesotho Prime Minister Same Matekane, and Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba.

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

Payday customers in Rwanda will now be able to use their virtual cards to pay for the Starlink routers.

The company announced in a tweet this week that the service has been launched.

SpaceX’s StarLink secures Malawi’s first satellite internet service provider licences, to cover network facilities, network services and application services.

Time frame of under six months announced, with development expected to escalate country’s position in the digital economy.

ABS has signed a joint development project (JDP) with SpaceX to review the remotely controlled functions of autonomous rocket recovery droneships used for booster rocket recovery at sea.

The businessman says his company will not do so unless at gunpoint because he cherishes free speech.