8 May 2024
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi met with executives from SpaceX’s Starlink unit, who expressed an interest in obtaining a license to operate in the southern African nation, according to the presidency.
Masisi held a meeting with the Elon Musk-owned company’s director of global licensing and activation while in the US for a business summit, his office said in a statement issued in the capital, Gaborone, on Wednesday.
The regulator didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. SpaceX didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment sent by email.
Starlink has been under pressure to cease operations in several countries where it isn’t licensed after a March investigation by Bloomberg News revealed the extent to which the satellite network is being used outside of its authorised jurisdictions.
Source: https://www.ajot.com/news/muskas-spacex-may-extend-starlink-connectivity-to-botswana
