Africa-Press – Botswana. Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi met with executives from SpaceX’s Starlink unit, who expressed an interest in obtaining a licence 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 e-mail.
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. — Mbongeni Mguni, with Loni Prinsloo, (c) 2024 Bloomberg LP
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