[AISWorld] AIS World Mailing List submission - 2011 ICT4Africa Conference

[Richard Boateng]

Dear Sir.

Kindly find my submission on the 2011 ICT4Africa Conference attached.

Submitted by

Dr Richard Boateng, Conference Manager, ICT4Africa 2011 Conference
ICITD, Southern University, USA

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*2011 ICT4Africa Conference*
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This is the first call for papers for the 4th International Conference on
ICT for Africa 2011 (ICT4Africa 2011). The conference is themed "ICT FOR
DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA – Sustaining the Momentum and Extending the
Reach".The conference will take place at Covenant University, Canaan
Land, Nigeria,
March 23-24 2011. The conference website: www.ictforafrica.org.



This conference will bring together a fine mix of practitioners and
academicians in the area of ICTs for sustainable development. The conference
will explore the possibilities of continuity in terms of contributions from
Africa to the ICT for Development discourse as well as initiate pragmatic
measures needed to extend the ICT reach. The objective is to highlight the
synergy of collaboration between African countries and other developing
countries, and between African countries and the developed countries towards
development solutions. Submissions should cover key themes outline below:

1.      Cybercrime and Criminality

2.      ICT for Business

3.      ICT for Education and Journalism

4.      ICT and Healthcare

5.      ICT, Poverty Alleviation and Community Development

6.      Open-source Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa

7.      Computing Sciences

8.      ICT Project Management and Sustainability

9.      ICT, Agricultural Development, Food production & Extension Services

10.  ICT Research in Sub-Saharan Africa

11.  ICT Diffusion and Teledensity

12.  Human and Societal Issues in Information Systems

13.  Open Development

14.  ICT and Climate Change



*Important Dates*

September 30th 2010 - Full Paper Submission

November 10th 2010 - Review Result Returned

December 10th 2010 - Final Paper Submission



*Submission can be made the following categories*

Research-in-Progress Papers and Doctoral Consortium Papers

Conference Tracks Submissions

French Submissions



*How to Submit Papers*

Please submit your paper electronically through our online submission system
(http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ict4africa2011) on or before
September 30th 2010.

ICT4Africa 2011 submissions, publication and editorial committee will
maintain very strict rules on submissions formats and deadlines.  Paper
which fail to use the submissions template will be rejected without review.
Authors should read submissions guidelines before submitting their papers (
www.ictforafrica.org).



*Direct all enquiries to:*

Richard Boateng (PhD)  -  richard @ ictforafrica.org

Longe  Olumide (PhD)   -  longeolumide @ icitd.org

For French enquiries contact, Dr. Bangaly Kaba, email kaba.bangaly @uigb.org

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*Sponsors*

The conference is under the sponsorship of  The International Center for IT
and Development, Southern University, USA(www.icitd.com); The National
Science Foundation, USA; The Louisiana Board of Regents, USA; Makerere
University of Business School, Uganda; Covenant University, Nigeria; The
University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Bells University of Technology, Nigeria; and
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Buea,
Cameroon.

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