Starlink pitches rural schools connectivity in push to get foothold in SA

Starlink aims to beam free internet to 5,000 SA schools with R500m deal

SpaceX plans R500 million Starlink rollout to connect 5,000 South African schools, supporting new ICT policy.

Starlink pitches rural schools connectivity in push to get foothold in SA

Elon Musk’s company proposes to provide more than 5,000 rural schools with fully funded kits and service

Starlink offers free internet to rural schools if ownership rules change

By Dylan Bettencourt Starlink told the South African government it will connect over 5,000 schools if it can ignore the 30% local ownership requirement for a licence. The company says it will pay for everything, from the satellite kits to maintenance, and wants to help 2.4-million pupils. Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet company, says it wants to give free internet to more than 5,000 rural schools in South Africa. But there’s a catch. …

Starlink Commits USD 27.9 Million to Connect Rural South African Schools Amid Regulatory Standoff - Space in Africa

South Africa’s telecommunications sector faces a regulatory standoff that has delayed Starlink’s market entry for some years. The satellite internet […] The post Starlink Commits USD 27.9 Million to Connect Rural South African Schools Amid Regulatory Standoff appeared first on Space in Africa.

Starlink Offers Free Internet To 5,000 SA Schools - Stuff South Africa

Elon Musk’s Starlink will connect 5,000 rural schools if it is allowed to operate in South Africa, it says. Starlink Market Access senior director Ryan Goodnight made the offer in a letter to Trade, Industry & Competition Minister Parks Tau on Saturday, which emerged on Wednesday. Instead of having to give a 30% shareholding to previously disadvantaged people, Starlink will be able to invest in so-called equity equivalent investment programmes (…