Elon Musk Backs Ruto’s Digital Strategy After Meeting
The Starlink Company, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, intends to expand its local operations, thereby bolstering President William Ruto’s Digital Super Highway masterplan, a key campaign promise that his administration is banking on to transform the economy and create employment.
On Tuesday, August 15, the Head of State met with Karibu Connect, a Starlink-authorized partner corporation authorized to resell Starlink’s products and services in Kenya.
Ruto reaffirmed, during a meeting conducted at Eldoret State Lodge in Uasin Gishu County, his intention to expand his digital master plan across the nation to stimulate economic growth.
Additionally, he invited collaborators and investors to expand high-speed Internet access across the nation.
Ruto stated that in addition to fiber connectivity, emergent connectivity solutions such as satellites will be considered. Musk excels at satellites.
As a result, more technology companies will invest in Kenya as a result of the President’s removal of the 30% restriction on local shareholding.
Mid-July of this year, Starlink’s internet eventually arrived in Kenya, providing Kenyans with affordable internet access.
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The dollar magnate emphasized that Starlink internet would be available nationwide, even in remote areas.
The network’s plans are classified as residential, commercial, roaming, maritime, and aviation. The monthly subscription for the residential bundle is Ksh6,500, and the shipping fee is Ksh3,100.
The business package costs Ksh13,572 and includes 1 Terabyte (TB) of priority data and unlimited standard data. The value of the second stratum is Ksh27,144.
Starlink offers three mobile services as part of its roaming package: mobile (regional), mobile (global), and mobile priority (50 GB).
The regional package costs Ksh7,900 per month, while the international package costs Ksh32,800 per month.
Late in April of this year, Kenya reached a significant milestone by joining the exclusive society of nations with a satellite presence, thanks to a collaboration with SpaceX, the renowned aerospace company owned by Musk.
Kenya Space Agency (KSA) launched the nation’s first satellite, Taifa 1, into space.
Elon Musk Backs Ruto’s Digital Strategy After Meeting
