The Airtel Pragmatism in Africa


A new season begins for Airtel Africa: “Airtel Africa has entered a landmark agreement with Elon Musk's Spacex to deliver Starlink's high-speed satellite Internet throughout the 14 African markets, in a bold push to bridge the long-term continent connection—that
This is called the Pragmatic Business Model. Yes, if the terrestrial is lost to the satellite, the best defense is the satellite partner. And Airtel makes the case for Starlink:
The CEO of Airtel Africa, Sunil Taldar: “The next generation's satellite connection will ensure that every individual, business, and community has a reliable and affordable voice and data connectivity-even in remote parts of Africa.” Airtel Nigeria has one of the best engineers in Nigeria – my classmates Deus Uche Osuji (FNSE, FIMC, Mnisafetye, Miet) as vice president and head of operations, and that means we expect a lot of good in network quality and efficiency there. Uche – Congrats again, we will wash every time I do it in Lagos! Lol
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Airtel Nigeria: I ordered for the provision of broadband at the Ovim Community School and Secondary Technical School Ovim. I will pay for satellite broadband services within schools, to support teaching and education in these schools. As you roll in Nigeria, include these two schools with major clients.
Airtel Africa's partners with Spacex to roll the Starlink across the continent, but the ability to remembers loom
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