Billionaire Elon Musk came to East Africa on a mission to vanquish the region’s two dominant mobile network operators, Safaricom and Airtel, but instead made peace with them and formed a partnership.
The key difference, however, lies in how Starlink is working with each telco. Safaricom is using satellites to strengthen its existing network, whereas Airtel is enabling phones to connect directly to Starlink satellites.
