Gjirafa expands Starlink sales network across the Western Balkans
After the 2025 deal, the Kosovo company is expanding service to rural areas across the region.
Prishtina, April 22, 2026 — Kosovo-based Gjirafa, which became the authorised reseller of the Starlink satellite service across the Western Balkans in May 2025, is expanding its sales footprint in Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia. The original deal was first documented by SeeNews.
The development is a meaningful step for connectivity in mountainous and rural areas where rolling out fibre is economically unattractive. According to STIKK, Gjirafa is one of the most active member companies in the ICT association.
Filling the gaps
Starlink, the satellite service operated by SpaceX, offers low-latency internet even where terrestrial networks are absent. For Kosovo, that means new options for villages in the Sharr mountains, Rugova and other areas where wired connectivity remains weak.
“Gjirafa is acting as the bridge between global technologies and the Balkan consumer,” SeeNews wrote in its original report on the Starlink deal.
Gjirafa founder Mergim Cahani has repeatedly stressed in public statements that the company’s model aims to be “the platform” — from online sales to video to satellite connectivity. The Prishtina-headquartered firm is also among the larger names backing programmes of Innovation Centre Kosovo (ICK) for startups.
Challenges remain at the level of national regulators across the region, where Starlink frequency authorisations have moved through different approval processes. The partnership nevertheless offers a fast track to service digitalisation in zones where 5G has yet to arrive.
Source: SeeNews, STIKK, Innovation Centre Kosovo.