Cloak and dagger stuff:

"… people who have discovered a remarkable statistic: that when 20 percent of a population has secure phone communications, dictators get overthrown. …"

Add:

"Sendo, until Motorola bought it out of bankruptcy today, was Britain's only mobile phone maker. It was a minnow amongst sharks, …"

Add:

"The plan is simple: to create a $20 mobile phone and make it available in Africa. Mobile phone technology does the rest, and, it is hoped, several dictators will find themselves out of a job."

Details at: Motorola's 'Africa Phone'

Could it really be that simple?

Do note the closing line at the link: "The project is still not publicly visible, and, fascinating though it may be, hard information eludes public gaze."

Standard disclaimer: I don't know this commentator by reputation, but eWeek is generally a "respectable" source.

John