Google fights information poverty in Africa -- InformationWeek

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) on Monday said that it had launched a new suite of mobile applications for SMS users in Uganda.

Africa has the world's highest mobile phone growth rate, according to the International Telecommunications Union, and mobile phone penetration there is six times higher than Internet penetration. To better serve local needs in communities where mobile phones represent the dominant form of computing and communication technology, Google has adapted some of its online information services to work with SMS messaging...