Satellite internet infrastructure is finally reaching African schools and hospitals that previously had zero access or relied on prohibitively expensive, unreliable connections.

This kind of connectivity revolution might actually do more for poverty reduction than decades of traditional aid programs. When education and healthcare facilities get proper internet, the ripple effects are massive—telemedicine becomes viable, students access global learning resources, and communities plug into the digital economy.

The real game-changer isn't just the technology itself, but how it bypasses the usual infrastructure bottlenecks that have kept these regions disconnected.