Focus: Africa

With a large landmass of 11.7 million square miles, Africa has been a challenging place to set up satellite services. But that is changing. As of September, 2025, more than […]

ST Engineering iDirect is teaming up with Q-KON, to launch Intuition Unbound across Africa and bring better connectivity services to the region. Q-KON is an African satellite engineering and service […]

SES is helping to bring better connectivity to people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), working with Africa Mobile Network (AMN). Together the companies now support more than 1,100 […]

Azerbaijan’s space agency Azercosmos has signed an MoU to collaborate with the Republic of Chad on satellite services and space activities.  The agreement covers cooperating on developing the space ecosystem, […]

Spacecoin, the space startup working to build a decentralized satellite network has signed agreements to pilot satellite internet demonstrations in Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia, and Cambodia. Spacecoin previously transmitted a blockchain […]

Rail passengers in Gabon will benefit from having connectivity thanks to a partnership between Eutelsat and Airtel Gabon to deploy OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity services on trains. The two […]

Eutelsat signed two agreements this week for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) services in Africa, with MSTelcom in Angola, and Paratus for southern Africa.  Paratus, a network services provider in Sub-Saharan Africa […]

Japanese satellite startup ArkEdge Space plans to collaborate with a number of African institutions to use space data to promote sustainable development under a series of new agreements announced this […]

Space42 will expand its satellite services and other services to Angola under a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Angola’s Military Intelligence and Security Service (SISM). Space42 called it a […]

Satellite data is set to play a pivotal role in boosting agricultural productivity in Kenya. SatSure Analytics, an Earth Observation (EO) data refinery platform operator, has partnered with Kenya Agricultural […]

Intelsat is deploying high-speed internet to a number of community centers in South Sudan and Uganda through a partnership with actor Forest Whitaker’s nonprofit, the Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative […]

Nigeria has an ambitious goal to increase its broadband penetration rate from 50% to more than 70% by end of 2027. Nigerian satellite operator Nigcomsat has a role to play […]

Satellite operator ABS and ground equipment company SpaceBridge plan to collaborate on managed data services in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, the companies announced Wednesday.  The companies aim to […]

Airtel Africa signed an agreement with SpaceX to bring Starlink internet to its customers in Africa, the companies announced Tuesday. Airtel African plans to use Starlink satellite connectivity to augment […]

Orange Africa and Middle East (Orange) and Eutelsat Group partnered to connect isolated areas in Africa and the Middle East with broadband access through satellite connectivity, Eutelsat announced on March […]

Aalto HAPS has conducted a successful connectivity test on the behalf of customer Space Compass and its partner NTT Docomo. The test saw Aalto conduct a stratospheric connectivity test in […]

Eutelsat has reached a major milestone by connecting 1 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa to satellite internet, two years ahead of its planned schedule. This fulfill’s Eutelsat’s work under the […]

NEC XON, an African information and communications technology integrator, and Skywire, a South African wireless network service provider, deployed a OneWeb satellite solution to address connectivity challenges in rural South […]

Eutelsat Group and Nigerian satellite operator Nigcomsat entered a multi-year agreement to deliver Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite services in Nigeria, Eutelsat announced Jan. 23. The multi-million-dollar deal leverages the OneWeb LEO […]

Satellite and HAPS technologies will play an important role in reaching universal connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa, GSMA said in a new report on the mobile economy in the region.  The […]

Nigcomsat is making a new effort to promote satellite communications across Nigeria, one of Africa’s biggest markets, with a population of around 220 million people. It has announced plans for […]

Amini has unveiled details of a key new product launch as it looks to bring the power of satellite tech to its customers, mainly farmers across Africa. It is launching […]

Vodafone is expanding its work with Intelsat to bring on-the-move satellite communication to organizations operating in hard-to-reach areas or disaster zones. Vodafone and Intelsat announced Monday that Vodafone is adding […]

Globalstar signed a strategic partnership with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to deliver 5G connectivity solutions across Africa, the Middle East, and the Gulf.  The partnership announced Wednesday will provide Liquid with […]

Azercosmos has signed a new partnership deal with the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana (CAAB) deepening its reach into Africa. Under this long-term agreement, the Botswana government agency will utilize […]

EnduroSat has signed a landmark deal in Africa which will see it help to build Botswana’s first-ever satellite. EnduroSat will work with The Botswana International University of Science and Technology […]

Yahsat has signed an MoU for a multi-year deal to leverage capacity on Eutelsat Group‘s Konnect satellite across multiple African and Middle East nations. Under the deal announced Wednesday, Yahsat […]

Avanti Communications is launching LEO satellite connectivity services in South Africa. It is partnering with Q-KON, a satellite engineering enterprise for southern Africa, to deliver Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity from […]

Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) has deployed the company’s first base station in Nigeria that has connectivity via SpaceX’s Starlink constellation, AMN announced last week.   AMN has deployed over 4,000 base […]

Omnispace is collaborating with African mobile network operator MTN to explore using S-band for satellite services in MTN’s portfolio of wireless service. The companies announced the agreement on Tuesday and […]