The Ghanaian Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekuful announced during a recent meeting with the members of parliament that the government is considering granting SpaceX’s Starlink an operational license to provide its citizens with internet connectivity.
This comes to light as the country is suffering from a recent internet blackout, affecting several businesses in the country.
The Minister explained that the country is willing to license other satellite internet service providers to address the challenges the country faces while repairs are being done on the damaged undersea cables, which has an estimated completion time of 5 weeks.
“As of this moment, Starlink is in the process of being licensed, and other operators are being called to land in Ghana. We must also invest in operationalizing RASCOM (Regional African Satellite Company) instead of each company going in all alone,” the minister said.
