International Conference on ICT for Africa

The International Conference on ICT for Africa is a conference that brings together stakeholders of the educational and industrial sectors in Africa, with the aim of reflecting on how to transfer, diffuse and adopt the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) within the African context; the innovation and development of ICT solutions for and within this context; impacts of ICT on society and of society on ICT; and other relevant normative, empirical, and theoretical concerns of ICT development, implementation, strategy, management and policy that are distinctive to Africa and associated developing economies.

The 2008 ICT for Africa Conference was held in Djeuga Palace, Yaounde, Cameroon, from the 18 to 21st December 2008. The conference was organized by the International Center for Information Technology and Development, Louisiana, USA and ADCOME, Cameroon. These organizers were supported by a number of other US-based partners including The National Science Foundation, USA, the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), the Louisiana Board of Regents, and other Cameroon-based partners like ANTIC, and AIESEC.

• Read The Report of the 2008 ICT for Africa
• Read The Opening Speech of the 2008 ICT for Africa
• Download The Proceedings of the 2008 ICT for Africa

Presentations at the conference covers key themes outline below (but not limited to):

ICT for Development

• Managerial IT Issues for Sustainable Development
• IT in Government and Conflict Resolution
• IT in Education
• IT in HealthCare and Telemedicine
• IT and Governance
• GIS & IS in Agriculture and Land Use
• Software Engineering for Development
• IT, Rural Development & Poverty Reduction
• IT Policy

ICT and Business

• IT in Micro-Enterprises and Entrepreneurship
• Supply Chain Management
• Electronic Business

ICT Applications

• Wireless and Internet Applications

ICT Research

• Research Methods, Reviews and Commentaries
• Human and Societal Issues in Information Systems

The next ICT Africa conference will be held in Cameroon in 2009 at a venue and time to be announced. Please check the conference website – www.ictforafrica.org – for updates or sign up to our mailing list by clicking on the "Subscribe Now" icon on the left menu bar.