03 July 2024

Starlink’s services are now available in Sierra Leone, the ninth African country, and the hundredth globally, to benefit from commercial services.

The service will cost 1,020 leones per month with a one-time hardware cost of 7,860 leones. Deliveries are currently limited to the towns of Bo, Kenema, Freetown and Makeni.

“In accordance with the Telecommunications (Subscriber Identification and Registration) Regulations 2020, customers in Sierra Leone must register with Starlink before the Starlink service can be activated. In the future, customers will be required to submit a copy of a photo ID,” said Starlink in a statement.

On the continent, Starlink is already present in Nigeria, Rwanda, Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi, Benin, Zambia and eSwatini.