When Alois Kachere decided to order a Starlink kit after the company’s launch in Zimbabwe in September, he hoped to be the first person in his neighborhood to get the high-speed internet terminal. But others had beat him to it: “Starlink is at capacity in your area,” he read on the website. Starlink kits were sold out where Kachere lived in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city. Overwhelmed by the demand, Starlink also sold out in other African countries, including major cities in Nigeria and some cou...