(Reuters) -SpaceX CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Elon Musk said on Sunday in an X article that the agency’s satellite tv for pc system Starlink is presently available in Congo.
Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday that it had truly come to be the freshest African nation to approve a allow to Starlink, turning round an earlier restriction.
The Congolese federal authorities said in March 2024 that use Starlink was prohibited, with armed forces authorities advising that perhaps made use of by insurgent groups consisting of Rwandan- backed M23, which has truly confiscated much more space than ever within the japanese of the nation this yr.
War- torn Congo has diminished connection, with merely round 30% of the populace using the web since 2023, based on the International Telecommunication Union.
The satellite tv for pc internet firm is rapidly rising its options in Africa and is keep in higher than a heaps nations.
(Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru; Editing by Mark Porter)
