Starlink becomes Kenya’s 7th largest ISP, eyes direct-to-mobile satellites

Elon Musk’s Starlink has become Kenya’s seventh-largest internet service provider (ISP), overtaking established local rivals like Dimension Data and Liquid Telecommunications Kenya just six months after breaking into the country’s top ten.

The satellite broadband provider now has 19,146 users—up from 16,786 three months earlier—capturing 1.1% of Kenya’s internet market,…