In West Africa, telecoms authorities remain reluctant about the success of Starlink. Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Mali are threatening to sanction users of this service.

In Mali, a note from the Council of Ministers notes that this technology can “promote the actions of armed terrorist groups” Ghana has finally announced that it plans to sign an agreement with the internet service provider, in order to resolve the repeated malfunctions of the network on its territory.