Elon Musk’s internet service, ‘Starlink’ now active in Nigeria

After months of rumors regarding the company’s future in Nigeria, Starlink, the satellite internet service, is now active in Nigeria.

This was confirmed in a Twitter post by its parent company, SpaceX owned by billionaire Elon Musk, “Starlink is now available in Nigeria – the first African country to receive service.”

The company had said customers interested could preorder in the country at $600 and that interested customers should be able to subscribe to the internet service for a token fee of $43 every month amounting to about N438,000 and N31,000 in local currency for subscriptions to its services.

Meanwhile, the company via its website said customers can get its services at a lower rate with a 30-day free trial.

“Starlink is currently available in your area. Customers in your region typically see download speeds of 50-200 Mbps. No contracts, 30-day trial.

“Shipping times are currently estimated to be 1 to 2 weeks from order… N19,260/month for service and N274,098 for hardware,” the company said.

Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy via his Twitter page described it as a milestone.

He wrote, “We have made it again. @SpaceX thank you for hosting me in your headquarters, United States in December 2022 to complete the logistics for the deployment.”

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