Sonja Boshoff’s article refers (“Starlink is not the story — closing the connectivity gap is”, February 10).
More than 150 countries are using Starlink to close their digital divide, including many of our direct neighbours (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe).
Elon Musk offered 5,000 South African schools free internet access last year, which could cover all non-fee paying high schools in the country. All schools could have started this year with internet access.
The irony that the holdup is BEE requirements is not lost on me.
Greg Becker
Via Business Day online
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