Scope

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 2018 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.

Topics

We seek novel, innovative, and exciting work in areas including but 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
Innovative Blockchain appliances for developing countries
ICT infrastructures for critical environmental conditions
ICT infrastructures based on alternative energies
Applications and business models in such environments, etc
Ubiquitous networks and environments
IoT
Smart cities
Social Networks and e-Government
Emergency and Disaster Management

Publication

All registered papers will be published by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library.

AFRICOMM proceedings are indexed in leading indexing services, including Ei Compendex, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, CrossRef, Google Scholar, DBLP, as well as EAI’s own EU Digital Library (EUDL).

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of: