Starlink’s Global Outage Reveals Fragility in Africa’s Connectivity Progress

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On July 24, satellite internet provider Starlink, operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, experienced a rare and widespread outage that affected millions of users globally — including growing user bases in Africa. The disruption, which lasted over two and a half hours, was traced to a failure in the company’s …

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