Ryan Goodnight, Senior Director in charge of Global Licensing and Activation of SpaceX has disclosed Nigeria is the biggest market of Starlink in Africa.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Goodnight disclosed this to Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy on the sidelines of ITU-WRC 23.
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft.
The American aerospace company also operates Starlink, a satellite internet constellation providing coverage to over 60 countries.
“As demand for Starlink continues to grow in Nigeria, we spoke about the issue of connecting unserved and underserved Nigerians,” Tijani said.
The Minister of Communications also disclosed that he mentioned the possibility of creating thousands of new jobs in Nigeria with the SpaceX’s Senior Director.
“I also mentioned the possibility of creating thousands of new jobs in Nigeria through initiatives like a certified installer/maintenance programme for Starlink and working with hardware startups to produce repeater boxes locally.
“Our intention is to encourage every tech company to invest and deepen our tech ecosystem.” Tijani added.