GoogleSMS
GoogleSMS is a suite of mobile applications that enable you to get information on various topics such as health, agriculture, sports scores, weather and more; all via SMS. Also includes a trade-post application that connects buyers and sellers… all in the palm of your hand!
Tips
Get local agricultural advice on the management of pests and disease for crops and animals, you can also receive daily local weather and seasonal reports to guide your activities with Farmers Friend.
Get local Health advice on the topics that matter such as Maternal & child health, Family planning, HIV/AIDs, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Malaria and more. Or need to find a medical service use Clinic Finder to locate clinics in your area.
Simply send an SMS request to 6001 (see samples below)
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Search
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Sample Query
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Health
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Can I get AIDS from kissing?
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Clinic Finder
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CLINIC Tororo
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Farmers Friend
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banana wilt
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Weather
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WEATHER Masaka or EMBEERA Masaka
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Season
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SEASON Arua
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Help
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HELP
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Search
Need informative and analytical tools or a web search while on the move such as News, Sports scores, dictionary, currency or metric calculator, flight status and more...
Simply send an SMS request to 6006 (see samples below)
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Search
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Sample Query
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Local time
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TIME London
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News
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NEWS global economy
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Sports
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SCORE MAN U
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Weather
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WEATHER Osaka
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Glossary
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DEFINE bliss
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Maps
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MAPS kampala
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Web snippets
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WEB richest footballer in the world
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Translation
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TRANSLATE yes FROM English TO French
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Stocks
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STOCK NBK, STOCK GOOG
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Q&A
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GDP China, capital Mali, population France
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Horoscope
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gemini
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Metric conversion or Calculator
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1 us pint IN litres or 6350 + 896
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Currency conversion
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3 usd IN ugx
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Religious texts
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BIBLE genesis 1:1
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Airports
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ebb AIRPORT
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Flights
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BA 63
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Help
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HELP
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Trader*
A Mobile Bulletin Board where traders and consumers can search or post their goods and services, and then communicate directly. Essentially buying and selling on your mobile phone.
Want to sell your house or mobile phone? Post your item on Trader so that people who are interested can contact you easily and directly. Looking for a job, a new car or an apartment to rent … etc.
Additionally a cheaper advertising board as your posted items are valid on the service for a period of 60 days from post date.
Simply send an SMS request to 6007 (see samples below)
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Request
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Sample Query
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Post
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a) SELL Toyota hilux UGX 5m kampala Call Jerry 07xxxxxxxx
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b) POST House for RENT 3 bedroom, excellent gardens, staff quarters Ntinda for USD200/month Call Jerry 03xxxxxxxx
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Search
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a) BUY Toyota hilux kampala
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Help
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HELP
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Cost
For Tips: FREE
For Search and Trader: UGX130 per SMS
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