Starlink satellite internet is set to enter Uganda

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Starlink satellite internet is set to enter Uganda, a move officials say will expand connectivity and support economic growth.

Uganda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Adonia Ayebare said the United States and Uganda are strengthening commercial diplomacy and that the satellite internet service will soon be introduced across the country.

Ayebare said Starlink, a satellite internet service owned by SpaceX, will provide nationwide coverage, including remote areas that currently lack connectivity. He noted that the service will support education, health services and economic activity.

“We’re about to get Starlink here… which is satellite internet that will cover the whole country, and that will contribute immensely to economic development, to education, to health,” Ayebare said while speaking to UBC TV.

He explained that remote districts such as Isingiro, Karamoja and Kitagwenda would benefit from improved access. He said schools with computers but no internet would be connected, while health centres would be able to access online medical research.