Today's top stories from Computerworld West Africa...

PC maker calls for gov't support of local IT industry
Nigerian PC manufacturer Omatek Ventures has called on the country's government to institute policies that support local computer manufacturing.

ETranzact patents ATM mobile cardless technology
Nigeria's first fully operational electronic transaction switching and payment processing platform, eTranzact, announced on Friday the patenting of its latest technology, the eTranzact CardlexCash ATM.

Liberian journalists become bloggers
As part of activities marking Blog Action Day 2008, nine Liberian journalists began sharing their lives and stories through blogs at a workshop at the U.S. embassy in Monrovia on Saturday.