EAI AFRICOMM 2021 will be held as a fully-fledged online conference (with an on-site possibility).
If the local situation allows it, the event will take place on-site in its original location with an option for all authors to present remotely.
In any case, all matters related to publication and indexing will remain unchanged.

Scope

Deploying efficient and effective ICT infrastructures, solutions, and services when limited resources are available is a daunting task. This has been a topic of great concern to researchers and practitioners alike, who are working to promote the diffusion of ICT in developing countries. EAI AFRICOMM 2021 aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in ICT to discuss issues and trends, recent research, innovation advances and on-the-field experiences related to e-Infrastructure and e-Services along with their associated policy and regulations with a deep focus on developing countries.

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Publication
All registered papers will be submitted for publishing 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).

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:
- Wireless Networks (WINET) Journal (IF: 2.659)

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications (Open Access)
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems (Open Access) – indexed in ESCI & Ei Compendex

Additional publication opportunities:
- EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series
(titles in this series are indexed in Ei Compendex, Web of Science & Scopus)

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Topics

The conference welcomes contribution in wide-range topics related to infrastructure and services development especially in the emerging topics, including, but not limited to:

- Internet of Things
- Energy-aware ICT infrastructure
- Smart cities and infrastructure
- Ubiquitous networks and ICT infrastructures for critical environmental conditions,
- ICT services based on alternative energies,
- Existing/emerging wireless broadband access technologies such as LTE, 5G, and 6G, drone and geospatial technologies,
- ICT security and privacy
- Innovative mobile technologies and solutions
- Blockchain technology
- ICT for creative and digital economy
- Machine learning
- Natural language processing with a focus on African languages
- Deep learning and big data
- Social networks
- e-Government and e-services
- Cloud computing
- and applications of smart solutions to emergency and disaster management including solutions to address impact of pandemics such as COVID-19 in education, health, business and other social services.

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General Chairs

Elias Towe - Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Idris Ahmada Rai - State University of Zanzibar, Tanzania

Antero Jarvi - University Turku, Finland

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This event is organized by EAI (www.eai.eu).

EAI – European Alliance for Innovation is a non-profit organization and a professional community established in cooperation with the European Commission to empower the global research and innovation, and to promote cooperation between European and International ICT communities.