Editing Text messaging (section)

==== Sub-Saharan Africa ====
In 2009, it was predicted that text messaging would become a key revenue driver for mobile network operators in Africa over the following couple of years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thepinehillsnews.com/wp/2009/03/17/text-messaging-will-be-key-revenue-driver-for-mobile-operators-in-africa/ |title=Text Messaging will be Huge for Mobile Operators in Africa |publisher=thepinehillsnews.com |date=17 March 2009 |access-date=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402092420/http://thepinehillsnews.com/wp/2009/03/17/text-messaging-will-be-key-revenue-driver-for-mobile-operators-in-africa/ |archive-date=2 April 2012 }}</ref> Today, text messaging is already slowly gaining influence in the African market.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} One such person used text messaging to spread the word about HIV and AIDS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brianshall.com/content/silence-death-south-africa-text-messages-can-end-silence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812211230/http://brianshall.com/content/silence-death-south-africa-text-messages-can-end-silence|archive-date=12 August 2011|title=Silence = Death. In South Africa, text messages can end the silence |publisher=Brian S Hall |date=28 March 2011 |access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=November 2023}} In September 2009, a multi-country campaign in Africa used text messaging to expose stock-outs of essential medicines at public health facilities and put pressure on governments to address the issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86192 |title=AFRICA: Text messages highlight drug stock-outs |publisher=PlusNews |date=17 September 2009 |access-date=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927140523/http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=86192 |archive-date=27 September 2011 }}</ref>