Ghana is the first African country to use the Free Google SMS - the latest product of the Internet search giant that allows Gmail users to send text messages to mobile phones at no cost. "These people keep surprising and you never know what they would come up with next," a fascinated Gmail user Adjei noted.

The Lead of the Google Ghana Office Estelle Akofio-Sowah told AfricaNews the service that enables recipients to reply directly from their cell phones to the sender’s inbox is to enhance simple communication among their users.

You access the service from your GMail account. Using the country code and full phone number, you type out your message and send. It is free from your gmail account, but the reply from the recipient attracts a cost depending on the service provider.

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