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Nigerians to pay N400,000 for Elon Musk ‘s Starlink

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Elon Musk’s Starlink is expected to be rolled out this year and Nigerians will have to pay $600 to be able to use the internet service in the country.

According to Musk, the broadband aims to sell internet connections to every part of the world through private satellites orbiting low earth. To acquire the setup hardware, Nigerians would need to pay a black-market price of N438,000 at N730 to $1, or the official rate of N269,130 at N448 to $1.

This is excluding the subscription to the service that would cost $43 per month, which is about N31,000 or N19,287.

Although the company said Nigerians can pre-order the hardware before it launches this year, it has now said the launch is “pending regulatory approval.”

Last year, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, had noted that some administrative issues were delaying Starlink’s scheduled launch.

He had said, “They have now commenced the deployment of their facilities in Nigeria. Nigeria is the first African country to reach that partnership and also approval for the deployment.

“As part of the partnership, Space X is to provide broadband access across the whole of Nigeria, enabling nationwide access to broadband connectivity way ahead of the December 2025 schedule, as outlined in our National Broadband Plan. With this collaboration with SpaceX’s Starlink, Nigeria is set to be the 1st African country to introduce the service,” he added.

Moreover, some Nigerians have expressed concerns over the high cost of acquiring Starlink’s hardware. Other concerns include, how the payment for the hardware and subscription would be made in dollars. This is as most Nigerian banks have suspended dollar transactions on naira cards.

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