I came across this exciting post on X.com by Victor Mapunga, the founder of Shona Prince Technologies, announcing that they will be opening the first Starlink retail store in Zimbabwe!

For the first time, you’ll be able to walk into a store, or place an order through local channels, and get your residential Starlink kit and service immediately. No figuring out online buying by yourself & waiting for delivery. No shady black market guys on Facebook Marketplace. Just official Starlink, available in Zimbabwe, same day.

Mapunga and his company have already been operating in Mozambique, where Starlink was officially licensed back in February 2022. It looks like their experience there is now coming to benefit Zimbabwe.

Here’s the tweet that kicked off all the excitement:

In follow-up tweets, Victor confirmed the store will open in May — and May starts tomorrow. Let’s go!

Mapunga himself is not new to entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe and beyond. He founded another startup called FlexID which we wrote about here on Techzim back in 2022. You discover more about him in this Conversation with Trevor.

If you’re in Harare, you already know the story: congestion.

Since September 2024, Starlink capacity in Harare and surrounding areas has been maxed out. Lots of people want to buy the service, but Starlink simply isn’t accepting new users in the region.