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Musk says Starlink now available in Somalia

Reuters By Reuters Published on: April 14, 2025 07:30 (EAT)
Musk says Starlink now available in Somalia

Starlink's logo is displayed on mobile phone screen and photo of Elon Musk is displayed on computer screen in Ankara, Turkiye on October 31, 2023. (Photo by AFP)

SpaceX's Starlink satellite system is now available in Somalia, owner Elon Musk wrote on social media platform X on Sunday, while a Somalia government official confirmed the company has been given a licence to operate in the country.

"We have been in talks with this company (Starlink) for a period of two and half years. We gave them the licence today," Mustafa Yasiin, director of communication in the telecommunications ministry said in a video posted on state news agency SONNA's Facebook account on Sunday.

"We hope Starlink will increase the quality of the existing internet in Somalia and will make the internet service reach more remote areas," he added.

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