Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet service, has gone live in Nigeria, making it the first African country to receive service. The company announced the development on its Twitter page on Monday. Isa Ali Pantami, Nigeria's minister of communications and digital economy, celebrated the milestone in a social-media post.
He tweeted: "We have made it again. @SpaceX thank you
for hosting me in your Headquarters, USA in December 2022 to complete the
logistics for the deployment."
SpaceX's CEO, Elon Musk, announced Starlink's plans to
expand into Africa last year. In May, he said Starlink had been approved to
provide broadband internet in Nigeria and Mozambique. Starlink operates in
dozens of countries and has more than one million users. However, Musk said the
service is losing money.
Musk said in October that Starlink was suffering from a lack
of funds, in response to a Twitter user who referenced CNN's report about
SpaceX asking the Pentagon to pay for the service in Ukraine. He later said
SpaceX had withdrawn the request for funding over Starlink in Ukraine.
SpaceX has provided the country with thousands of Starlink
dishes since Russia invaded in February. The billionaire said in October that
only 10,630 out of 25,300 Starlink terminals in Ukraine were paying for
service.
SpaceX did not immediately respond to Insider's request for
further comment made outside normal working hours.
Source: Business Insider
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