This week's top stories from Computerworld Kenya

Major African banks launch online services

Increased broadband capacity in Africa has pushed major banks in the region to launch Internet and mobile-phone banking services to customers to improve their access to banking services.

Buyers scramble to make Nitel deal

International service providers are scrambling to buy the financially troubled Nigerian incumbent telecommunication operator Nitel a week after the country's president, Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, directed that the company be sold to a new investor within 60 days.

Zimbabwe becomes 4th sub-Saharan African nation to launch 3G

After a decade of technology failure due to lack of investment in the telecom sector, Zimbabwe has now become the fourth country in Sub-Saharan Africa to launch and offer 3G services.

Africa gets first locally made dual SIM-card phones

Zambia's Mmobile Telecommunication has begun manufacturing Africa's first locally produced dual SIM-card mobile phones that will allow customers to be connected to two networks using one handset.

Google looking for Mauritian IT pros

Google is offering training to IT professionals Thursday and Friday at the G-Mauritius 2009 at the Ebène Cybercity, situated in the heart of this small, independent, developing state off the east coast of Madagascar. The forum is the first of its kind on the African continent and it is expected that Google will hire some employees there as a result.

African ccTLDs hesitate to tap ICANN support

Misconception about the role of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has kept many African country code Top Level Domains (ccTLD) from taking advantage of support from the organization, according to experts.