You're being sarcastic, but South Africa does indeed have a thriving space industry for its size. Not only in terms of satellite components, but entire buses and satellites, which has included building satellites for Saudi Arabia.

However, the purpose of the BBBEE local ownership requirement for companies like Starlink is to protect and develop the local telecommunications sector, not the space sector.

https://www.wesgro.co.za/invest/sector-brochures/space-econo...

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/science/637482-billionaire-ho...

https://maxpolyakov.com/africa-in-space-part-1-south-africa-...

https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/south-africa...

https://spaceinafrica.com/2026/08/11/the-quiet-giant-of-glob...

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/saudisat-3.htm