According to a recent LinkedIn post from StarkWare Industries, the company is supporting Share, an internet infrastructure network focused on improving connectivity across Africa. The post describes Share as addressing a coordination problem among more than 4,000 small ISPs in markets such as Kenya, where underutilized bandwidth and a lack of trust and compensation mechanisms limit scalability.
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The LinkedIn post highlights that Share aims to aggregate existing telecom assets including fiber, subsea cables, and data centers into a shared network and protocol. This setup is portrayed as enabling internet providers and community operators to monetize idle capacity, receive payments via mobile money, and deliver significantly faster connectivity relative to incumbent offerings.
The post further suggests a strategic rationale for StarkWare’s involvement, linking broader adoption of digital payment rails and stablecoin applications to reliable, affordable internet access. By emphasizing that Share could expand the reach of applications built on Starknet to the “next billion” users, the content implies a long-term ecosystem growth thesis rather than near-term revenue impact.
For investors, this backing may indicate StarkWare’s intent to deepen its presence in African digital infrastructure and position Starknet as a foundational layer in emerging markets. While financial terms are not disclosed, alignment with an infrastructure aggregator such as Share could, if successful, enhance StarkWare’s network effects, developer adoption, and potential transaction volumes over time, albeit with execution and regulatory risks typical of telecom and fintech convergence.