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Nigeria has become the first country in Africa to see a commercial launch of satellite broadband services by Starlink, the satellite internet business of SpaceX. The firm’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites are designed to offer high speed, low latency broadband internet in remote and rural locations across the globe. The service is currently priced at NGN19,260 (USD41.8) per month, while hardware costs NGN268,584.

As previously reported by TeleGeography’s CommsUpdate, Starlink received licences to operate in Nigeria and Mozambique in May last year, marking the start of the company’s expansion to Africa. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) confirmed that Starlink received two licences – a ten-year international gateway licence and a five-year ISP licence – and would trade as Starlink Internet Services Nigeria.