Author: Bruce Hunt

South Africa’s pursuit of digital inclusion faces a significant hurdle – the high cost of broadband access, especially in underserved communities. Starlink, with its promise of affordable satellite internet, presents a potential solution. However, regulatory requirements mandating 30% black ownership for international communications companies pose a challenge. Primarily because at the moment, these organisations are not able to use an Equity Equivalent Program (EEP) to acquire an ICASA licence without a change in regulations. The good thing, however, is that the Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Solly Malatsi has now announced that his department will look at extending the…