The case of Cameroon, where a banned satellite service tests the limits of national security, regulatory sovereignty, and digital ambition By Sah Terence Animbom When SpaceX’s Starlink began its quiet but rapid expansion across Africa, it arrived with a simple proposition: fast, reliable satellite internet, available anywhere, to anyone who could afford the hardware. In a continent where hundreds of millions remain under-connected, the appeal was immediate. But behind the promise of high-speed connectivity lies a more complex and contested reality — one that governments across Africa are grappling with in real time, and one that Cameroon has chosen to…
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