No Fast Lane for Satellites: Emergency Connectivity Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa - A Cameroon Case Study
Cameroon has no emergency satellite licensing fast-track and has not acceded to the Tampere Convention, the treaty designed to remove these barriers.
Abstract
The 2023 Buea and Limbe disasters in Cameroon were preceded by an accurate four-day early warning, yet no backup satellite communication solution was triggered.
Brazil and the United States and Venezuela show licensing and decision making speed, is a determinant to outcomes: each activated satellite connectivity within days during similar natural disasters.
Despite its demonstrated effectiveness elsewhere, Starlink remains banned in Cameroon, and no comparable system exists to close the resulting gap in emergency connectivity.
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