SpaceX’s Starlink is now live in Nigeria, according to the company.
The Elon Musk-owned firm confirmed this in a tweet on Monday, stating that Nigeria was the first African country to enjoy its services.
It tweeted, “Starlink is now available in Nigeria – the first African country to receive service.”
Nigeria is the 47th country in the world to get Starlink Internet services.
Starlink seeks to deliver a global broadband network, using a constellation of Low Earth Orbit to provide high-speed internet coverage with the capacity to penetrate rural and geographically isolated areas.
According to the Nigerian Communications Commission, broadband penetration hit 47.36 per cent as of December 2022. Nigeria hopes to increase its broadband penetration to 50 per cent in 2023 and 90 per cent in 2025.
The ‘Nigerian National Broadband Plan: 2020–2025,’ reads in part, “The new Broadband Plan is designed to deliver data download speeds across Nigeria of a minimum 25Mbps in urban areas, and 10Mbps in rural areas, with effective coverage available to at least 90 per cent of the population by 2025 at a price not more than N390 per 1GB of data (i.e. 2 per cent of median income or 1 per cent of minimum wage).
Recently, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, stated that the country had achieved 100 per cent broadband coverage following the licensing and operation of Starlink.
He said, “Based on the National Broadband Plan, we were to have 90 per cent broadband coverage by December 2025. However, we recently gave a license to Starlink to provide services, and this has given us 100% coverage, about 3 years ahead of schedule.”
While Starlink has now commenced operations in Nigeria, there are concerns about how its high price will hinder the ability of citizens to access its services.
Here is How Much it Cost to Get Starlink vs Fibre One
Starlink vs FibreOne in a year
Starlink
1. 50 to 200Mbps: #505,218
Device: #274,098
Monthly: #19,260*12 = #231,120
Fibre One
1. 65Mbps: #425,868
Setup: #44,820
Monthly: #31,756*12 = #381,048
2. 88Mbps: #620,280
Setup: #44,820
Monthly: #47,955*12 = #575,460
3. 152Mbps: #845,820
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Most Nigerians save for Urban Businesses and high net worth personal business would hardly need the Starlink internet considering the initial set up cost! How many Nigerians can afford almost 300k+ setup costs! Las Las I go still prefer my Cheap MTN router for 10k that still gives me a sufficient 10-30mbps here in Uyo.Starling go be na for BIG men and NOT average Nigerians!
I have been trying to get details on how to get mine, any information will be helpful
Hello bro, you can always preorder it from starlink direct site https://www.starlink.com/
But you are going to need a dollar card or virtual dollar card to pay for it, as naira card do longer work
Yomi Prof, Please I want to Ask ooo, if you order for Starlink for first time, does it come with 1 Year Unlimited Subscription??