Starlink, Elon Musks satellite internet service run by SpaceX, is edging closer to entering South Africa as the government moves to ease rules for foreign operators. The company, which has already begun expanding in Africa, could soon offer services to the continents largest economy without giving up ownership.
Solly Malatsi, Minister of Telecommunications and Digital Technologies, directed the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Icasa to revise local ownership rules. In a gazette published Friday, Malatsi said about 90 percent of the 15,000 public submissions supported a policy shift that would allow companies to count equity-equivalent investment programs toward empowerment, rather than requiring a strict 30 percent local ownership.
Satellite providers eye South Africa opportunities
