SMSGH, a leading mobile aggregation and bulk SMS messaging company based in Ghana, has been named in the February 2012 edition of the prestigious Forbes Africa Magazine’s list of the ‘Top 20 Technology Start-up Companies In Africa.’

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The Forbes Africa Magazine ranked SMSGH in the 17th position in a ranking that include companies such as MXit and Yola of South Africa, Ushahidi and PesaPal of Kenya and another Ghanaian start-up company, Dropifi.

SMSGH was started in May 2005 by three fresh university graduates who came together to improve business communication with SMS.

Today the company processes over 6 million business-critical and subscriber messages monthly with nearly 3.5 million mobile subscribers relying on SMSGH to inform, alert, notify, transact, interact, monetize and share mobile data.

SMSGH’s website (www.smsgh.com) has a direct customer-base of more than 40,000 users including banks and other financial institutions, social and religious groups, SMEs, mobile content providers, public utility companies, Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), media and event companies, individuals, among others.

SMSGH aims to become an international brand for business messaging and content aggregation, development and deployment of mobile solutions to enrich lives.

The company’s hard work and contribution to technological change has been acknowledged through this ranking.