In an attempt to give everyone access to the world’s information, Google is launching a series of SMS-based services aimed at the African market.
It has always been Google’s mission to simplify the way people seek knowledge and information, but while countries like the UK and the USA have succumbed to its charms, states with limited internet access have hindered this mission in a global context.
Africa is a classic example of this problem. According to Internet World Stats, there were around 54 million internet users in Africa in December 2008 – …