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Technology West AfricaTelecoms Checked story

Internet slowed across West Africa after undersea cable damage — cause still not confirmed

Mobile and broadband services stuttered across several West African countries after damage to undersea cables off the coast. Operators agree on the disruption. Nobody with evidence has yet confirmed what cut the cables.

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Technology Southern AfricaTelecoms Checked story

Starlink is live across the region — but not in South Africa. The licence fight is about ownership law

South Africa's neighbours connect through Starlink; South Africa argues about it. The blocker is an ownership law written to correct apartheid-era exclusion, and the fight is now between the minister who wants an exception and the regulator who says only Parliament can make one.

VerifiedStarlink holds no licence in South Africa — and has never applied for one.
VerifiedSouth African law requires telecoms licensees to have at least 30% ownership by historically disadvantaged groups.
VerifiedSpaceX offered free Starlink service to more than 5,000 rural schools if it is allowed to operate.

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