A SpaceX announced that it has started offering Starlink in Nigeria – which means that this is the first country in Africa to have access to Internet service provided via a network of orbiting satellites.
We have done it again. @SpaceX thank you for hosting me in your Headquarters, USA in December, 2022 to complete the logistics for the deployment. https://t.co/gkp2sBkR8i
— Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (@ProfIsaPantami) January 31, 2023
BUT: Zambia in the process of getting SpaceX internet access
The news was officially announced through Twitter, with the Minister of Communications and the Digital Economy of Niga © ria, Isa Ali Pantami, responding to SpaceX post. “We did it again. Thanks to SpaceX for having me at your US headquarters in December 2022 to complete launch logistics.”, wrote the minister.
Remember that Starlink is already available in several countries and that it already has more than one million users.
