Elon Musk launches Starlink in Nigeria

The corporation claims that Starlink from SpaceX is now online in Nigeria.

This was verified by the Elon Musk-owned company in a tweet on Monday, which noted that Nigeria was the first African nation to use its services.

“Starlink is now available in Nigeria – the first African country to receive service.” it tweeted.

Starlink Internet services are now available in Nigeria, which is the 47th country worldwide.

By utilising a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites to give high-speed internet service with the ability to reach remote and geographically isolated regions, Starlink aims to deliver a worldwide broadband network.

The Nigerian Communications Commission estimates that as of December 2022, broadband penetration was at 47.36 percent. to the in. to the the to the thea the the an ap. ap. apnagram the.

According to the “Nigerian National Broadband Plan: 2020-2025,” effective coverage will be available to at least 90% of the population by 2025, and the cost per 1GB of data will not exceed N390. The new broadband plan is intended to deliver data download speeds across Nigeria of at least 25Mbps in urban areas and 10Mbps in rural areas (i.e. 2 per cent of median income or 1 per cent of minimum wage).

Isa Pantami, the minister of communications and the digital economy, recently claimed that when Starlink was licenced and started operating, the nation had 100% broadband coverage.

He said, “Based on the National Broadband Plan, we were to have 90 per cent broadband coverage by December 2025. However, we recently gave a license to Starlink to provide services, and this has given us 100% coverage, about 3 years ahead of schedule.”

Starlink has officially started operating in Nigeria, but there are worries that its exorbitant cost may make it difficult for residents to use its services.