Starlink Mini Coming Soon: Elon Musk Assures Kenyans of Further Reduction in Satellite Internet Price

• Elon Musk's satellite internet company Starlink announced a standard 50GB plan for Kenyans at a price of KSh 1,300 per month
• A section of Kenyans reached out to the techpreneur via X, his social media platform, urging him to give another offer following an internet outage from broadband providers reported on Tuesday, June 25
• Musk assured Kenyans of a new package dubbed Starlink Mini, saying it will be half the standard plan price

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Kenyans will soon enjoy high-speed internet connectivity from Starlink at half the price of the recently announced Standard package.

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According to Starlink, the 50 gigabytes (GB) monthly data bundle from Starlink costs KSh 1,300.

How much will Kenyans pay for Starlink Mini?

A section of Kenyans reached out to Elon Musk via the X platform, his social media company, requesting another offer.

Social media influencer Amerix and East African Data Handlers CEO George Njoroge convinced Musk that more Kenyans will subscribe to Starlink if he makes it more affordable compared to the country's broadband service providers.

In his response, Musk said he launch the Starlink Mini package later this year (2024) at half the price of the standard package.

"Starlink Mini will be about half the standard terminal price and available later this year," said Musk.

This could translate to KSh 650 per month for Kenyans who subscribe to the Starlink Mini package.

Why Kenyans request another Starlink offer from Musk

This followed an internet outage that occurred on Tuesday, June 25, during the anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests.

Leading telecommunications firms Safaricom and Airtel, which offer internet connectivity via broadband optic fibres and cables, linked the disruption to an outage in subsea cables.

However, Kenyans accused the companies of the staged outage, claiming that they collaborated with the government to disrupt connectivity during the protests.

Is Starlink cheaper than Safaricom or Airtel Internet?

The new Standard Package cost is less than half of Airtel's data plan for the same package (KSh 3,000), and Safaricom's monthly package of 45GB, which costs KSh 2,500.

If the Starlink Mini is launched, the company will provide stiff competition to Safaricom and other internet service providers in Kenya.

Currently, Naivas Supermarket retails the kit at a discounted offer of more than half the price of the kit in its select Nairobi branches.

The retail store urged its customers to hurry and buy the kit while stock lasts at the selected stores.