Central African Republic: Starlink Satellite Internet Network Now Available

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On Monday 16 March in Bangui, the national authorities officially launched the Starlink satellite Internet service, proposed by the American company SpaceX, Elon Musk. According to a report by the International Telecommunication Union published in 2025, only 839,000 Central Africans, or 15% of the estimated population of nearly six million inhabitants, now have access to the Internet. With this launch, the country hopes to increase the number of…