Dar es Salaam forum warns SADC of looming deadline to secure shared satellite slot

Presidents from various Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries during a past summit. PHOTO | State House.

Dar es Salaam. The Southern Africa region has eight years to secure its shared satellite in orbit, or permanently lose the slot, the SADC forum heard yesterday.

The stark message was delivered in Dar es Salaam as Tanzania’s Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Ms Angellah Kairuki, rallied SADC member states to move from policy talk to operational execution under the SADC Shared Satellite initiative.