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9th EAI International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries

December 11–12, 2017 | Lagos, Nigeria

9th EAI International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries

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NEWS:

AFRICOMM2017 proceedings is now available online at Springer.com. Click here to download.

Authors and participants have free access to the ebook content between August 22nd and September 26th 2018.

 

Nominations for best paper award

1) A Priority Load-Aware Scheduling (PLAS) Algorithm for Wireless Broadband Networks

Mohammed, Aminu; Saidu, Ibrahim; Abdulazeez, Abdulhakeem

2) An empirical study on the adoption of consumer-to-consumer e-commerce: Integrating the UTAUT model and the Initial Trust model

Kwame Simpe Ofori, Kwabena G. Boakye, John Agyekum Addae, George Op-pong Appiagy-ei Ampong, Adolph Sedem Yaw Adu

3) Towards an Interoperability e-Government Framework for Uganda

Kanagwa, Banjamin; Nakatumba-Nabende, Joyce; Mugwanya, Raymond; Kigozi Kahiigi, Evelyn; Ngabirano, Silas

BEST PAPER FOR AFRICOMM 2017

A Priority Load-Aware Scheduling (PLAS) Algorithm for Wireless Broadband Networks

Mohammed, Aminu; Saidu, Ibrahim; Abdulazeez, Abdulhakeem

 

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah will be the keynote speaker at the Africomm 2017 conference. Click here to read more about Dr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah.

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Deploying efficient and effective infrastructures and solutions when limited resources are available is a challenging task and a key-enabler for the diffusion of ICT in developing countries. The aim of this conference is bringing together international researchers, students, public officers, policy makers and practitioners in ICT to discuss issues and trends, recent research, innovation advances and on-the-field experiences related to e-Governance, e-Infrastructure, and e-Business with a focus on developing countries.

AFRICOMM 2017 solicits high-quality papers reporting research results and/or experimental results on e-Infrastructures and e-Services for developing countries. Submissions will be judged on their originality, significance, clarity, relevance, and technical correctness. Accepted papers will be published in Springer digital library.

 

HIGHLIGHTS

The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a leading community-based organisation devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT.

All accepted papers will sent for publishing in Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library, one of the world's largest scientific libraries.

Proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services: EI, ISI Thomson's Scientific and Technical Proceedings at Web of Science, Scopus, CrossRef, Google Scholar, DBLP, as well as EAI's own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

Accepted Authors will be invited to submit extended version of paper into following journals:

 

TOPICS

The topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to:

  • Cloud computing, network function virtualization (NFV) in the context of developing countries
  • Design and analysis of protocols and architecture for developing countries
  • Energy-aware ICT infrastructure
  • Existing/emerging wireless broadband access technologies, WiMAX, LTE.
  • ICT security issues in developing countries
  • Overlay networks (such as p2p, bittorent, etc) in developing countries
  • Self-managed deployment, operation, maintenance
  • Affordable and relevant mobile technologies and solutions
  • ICT infrastructures for critical environmental conditions
  • ICT infrastructures based on alternative energies
  • Applications and business models in such environments, etc
  • Ubiquitous networks and environments
  • Smart Objects
  • Social Networks and e-Government
  • Emergency and Disaster Management