Kenya’s biggest phone company Safaricom Plc is in talks with Elon Musk’s Starlink and other satellite providers on potential future partnerships, its Chief Executive Officer Peter Ndegwa said.

Kenya’s largest telecom firm, Safaricom Plc, is engaging in discussions with Elon Musk’s Starlink and other satellite companies for potential future collaborations, CEO Peter Ndegwa revealed in an interview as reported by Bloomberg.

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Kenya’s leading telecommunications provider Safaricom is open to partnership with Elon Musk's satellite internet firm—Starlink. Safaricom Chief Executive Officer Peter Ndegwa said discussions with Musk's Starlink are ongoing. In an article by a US news agency in New York—Bloomberg, the two internet provider firms will collaborate in the future.

Safaricom is eyeing a potential partnership with Elon Musk's Starlink as it navigates the increasingly competitive telecommunications landscape in Kenya.

President William Ruto has backed US billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink’s entry into Kenya amid a petition from Safaricom to reconsider the award of licences to satellite Internet providers. Dr Ruto told the US-Kenya Business and Investment Roundtable that the entrance of Starlink is in line with government policy of deepening Internet penetration and encouraging competition in the market.

The rivalry between Kenyan Telecommunications giant Safaricom and American satellite internet service provider Starlink over the dominance in the Kenyan internet market has taken a new twist. Safaricom Plc Chief Executive Officer Peter Ndegwa on September 26 said that the company is in talks with Elon Musk’s Starlink and other satellite providers on potential future partnerships.