( CNN ) -- The text messages address various issues and come from all over the African continent . President Obama greets people Saturday during breakfast at Osu Castle in Accra , Ghana . From the personal : `` Obama , as a young lady I dream of being the president . U r a huge encouragement . '' To cries for help : `` Dear president , Darfur firing again ... waiting for peace through the change u promised . '' To calls for intervention : `` Encourage African leaders to improve the quality and access to education for citizens . '' The messages , from Ghana , Sudan and South Africa respectively , were among more than 5,000 sent to Barack Obama during his first visit as president to sub-Saharan Africa . Obama , accompanied by his wife , Michelle , and their two daughters arrived in Ghana on Friday night , sparking excitement in the west African nation . Watch how Ghana is celebrating Obama 's visit » . Despite being home to some of the world 's poorest nations , Africa has a vibrant cell phone market , considered by industry analysts as among the fastest-growing worldwide . Administration officials said they set up different numbers across the continent for citizens to communicate with Obama , whose father was from the east African nation of Kenya . `` Over the past week , we have been collecting questions , comments and words of welcome for President Obama via SMS , Twitter , Facebook and from newspapers across Africa , '' the White House said on its Web site . Three journalists from South Africa , Senegal and Kenya will vet the questions and provide a few to Obama , who will address them on African radio stations and via a Web video Monday , the White House said . Peter Kimani , a senior associate editor for a Kenyan daily , The Standard , is one of the three . `` The U.S. Embassy picked and vetted the journalists , and we are getting the questions , then it is up to us to determine what questions we will forward to the president , '' Kimani said . `` It is our judgment call on what to pick . '' Most of the text messages were coming from South Africa , according to a log on the White House Web site . Obama 's one-nation visit has generated envy among Ghana 's neighbors , who considered it a message from the White House to governments that have poor records of stability . Citizens of Nigeria , Africa 's most populous nations , and Kenya were the most vocal in their concerns over the choice of Ghana . `` We r disappointed that you have not chosen Nigeria as your first African point of call , '' one text said .
More than 5,000 messages sent to Obama during his visit to Ghana . Despite widespread poverty , Africa has a vibrant cell phone market . Three African journalists from South Africa , Senegal , Kenya will vet questions . Obama will address the questions on African radio stations and via Web video .