FG Grants Elon Musk’s Starlink Network Approval to Operate in Nigeria

The Nigerian government has approved the Starlink Network in the country.

Elon Musk, chairman of Starlink Network and owner of Tesla confirmed the development in a statement posted on his Twitter handle – @elonmusk on Friday evening.

The South African-born billionaire said Nigeria’s approval came alongside that of Mozambique.

The Philippines also approved the network on Friday.

Musk wrote: “Starlink approved by Nigeria & Mozambique.”

The Tesla owner had earlier this year announced his intention to expand the money to Nigeria and other countries.

Upon full deployment and commencement of operation, Starlink is expected to provide Nigerians with high-speed and low-latency broadband internet across the country.

The new network will provide competition for existing network providers such as MTN, Airtel, Glo and others.

“With high speeds and latency as low as 20ms in most locations, Starlink enables video calls, online gaming, streaming, and other high data rate activities that historically have not been possible with satellite internet,” the company stated.