A ceremony held in the capital of Mogadishu was attended by government officials and representatives from Starlink, according to a statement on the authority’s website.

Elon Musk announced on Sunday that his Starlink satellite internet service had been granted a licence in Somalia. Starlink´s network of low Earth orbit satellites can provide internet to remote locations or areas that have had normal communications infrastructure disabled.

Roughly 30 percent of Somalia´s population has access to the internet, according to the World Bank in 2022, but regular connectivity is frequently stymied by the east African country's poor infrastructure.