Africa Tech · Season 1 · No. 29
Starlink and Africa's telecom operators
A war was announced between the satellite operator and the continent's incumbent carriers. Alliances came instead. What satellite can do, what it will not replace, and the question these deals leave open: who owns that sky.
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