More than 5000 Africans text message Obama July 12, 2009
President Barack Obama asked interested citizens from around the world to send comments and questions about his trip to Africa. According to IC Publications, over 5,000 Africans sent text messages to US President Barack Obama ahead of his speech in Ghana Saturday during his first visit to the continent since taking office.
On America.gov you can read over 500 selected remarks and questions about the President’s visit and speech.
Click here for a transcript of Obama’s speech in Ghana
Like Obama’s speech from the University of Cairo, the US Department of State worked with Clickatell, a global mobile messaging provider, to reach citizens around the world.
In addition to online enrollment, African citizens interested in receiving President Obama’s Ghana speech highlights via SMS were able enroll directly through their mobile phone by entering a specified mobile service code number, depending on their African country of origin.
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- Author : Roni
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