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RegulationSpaceX urges ICASA to revise equity rules for Starlink launchSpaceX urges ICASA to revise equity rules for Starlink launch
SpaceX has advised the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to reconsider a licensing policy mandating a 30% shareholding by 'historically disadvantaged' groups, which is holding back Starlink's entry into SA.
_(1).jpg?width=100&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Picture of Matshepo Sehloho")
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_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Close up of African man's hands holding cash")
_(1)_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Nigerian flag")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Fiber optic cable")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "5G graphic with colorful background")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Flag of Nigeria")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "ITU Secretary General Doreen Bogdan-Martin")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Eutelsat OneWeb satellite outside earth.")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Ethio Telecom and AfDB representatives")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "4Sight Holdings Group CEO Tertius Zitzke")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "AI technology microchip background futuristic innovation technology remix")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Mark Elliot and Folasade Femi-Lawal.")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "FMCIDE Minister Dr. Bosun Tijani and USTDA Director Enoh T. Ebong.")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Telecommunications antenna for radio, television and telephone with cloud and blue sky.")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Young man holding a Mukuru card.")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Airtel money store in rural African location, people walk on the street in front")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Lyca Mobile SIM cards.")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Fiber infrastructure company Maziv's newly appointed group chief commercial officer, Phila Dube.")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Cell C's Johannesburg headquarters from the outside.")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Stressed young African man touching forehead while working on a computer")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Dodai Founder and CEO Yuma Sasaki")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Ghana's Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful.")
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_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Side view of African man holding papers at workplace")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Paula Gilbert and Tavonga Muchuchuti speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024.")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Matshepo Sehloho and Willie Ellis speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Matshepo Sehloho and Oluwaseyi Kehinde-Peters speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024.")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Matshepo Sehloho and Rami Osman speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024.")
_(1)_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Ben Selier, VP for Secure Power for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric.")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Paula Gilbert and Todd Ashton speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024")
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