Browsing: Tanzania first satellite to improve connectivity

• Tanzania is laying the groundwork to launch its first satellite into space. 
• The launch, which will enhance Tanzania’s tech industry, follows similar move by Uganda and Kenya.
• Twitter Owner Elon Musk’s Starlink has also been seeking the node to launch services in Tanzania.

Plans are underway for Tanzania’s first satellite to take off into the lower space, an initiative that will serve to improve the country’s tech industry and digital communications.

Tanzania’s first satellite to enhance connectivity

Tanzania’s Deputy Minister for Information, Communication and Information Technology Engineer Kundo Mathew said the satellite will improve digital communications in the country. He spoke at the Annual Audit Risk and Cybersecurity Conference held in Arusha, Tanzania.

According to Engineer Kundo, Tanzania’s first satellite will improve connectivity in areas where the terrain is too rugged to set terrestrial connection towers or to lay fiber optic cable.

“There are areas dotted with big hills and …