A new era begins for Airtel Africa: “Airtel Africa has entered into a landmark agreement with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to deliver Starlink’s high-speed satellite internet across its 14 African markets, in a bold push to bridge the continent’s long-standing connectivity gap—especially in rural and underserved regions.”
This is called pragmatic business model. Yes, if the terrestrial will be disintermediated by the satellite, the best defense is to partner with the satellite. And Airtel makes the case for Starlink:
Airtel Africa’s CEO, Sunil Taldar: “Next-generation satellite connectivity will ensure that every individual, business, and community have reliable and affordable voice and data connectivity—even in the most remote parts of Africa.” Airtel Nigeria has one of the finest engineers in Nigeria – my FUTO classmate Deus Uche Osuji (FNSE, FIMC, MNISafetyE, MIET) as the Vice President and Head of Operations, and that means we expect many goodies on network quality and efficiency there. Uche – congrats again, we will wash am whenever I make it to Lagos! Lol
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Airtel Nigeria: I am ordering for the provision of broadband in Ovim Community School and Secondary Technical School Ovim. I will pay for satellite broadband services within the schools, to support teaching and learning in these schools. As you roll out in Nigeria, include these two schools among the main clients.
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