CFP: Special issue of ITD on ICT and Development in Africa (Deadline: 1 March 2013)

Below is the information lifted from the Call for Proposals (CfP). For the complete CfP, please click here.

The aim of this special issue is to provide insight into the practices and applications of ICT, identify
problems and barriers, present context-specific findings and solutions, illustrate how ICT is
enabling development of Africa and its countries and to support the flow of information from and
about Africa with the world. We encourage the submission of original research papers as well as
practice papers. We especially invite papers from authors based in Africa or papers reporting on
empirical research conducted in Africa. Research from interpretive and critical research traditions
encompassing quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods are also encouraged.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Drivers and barriers for ICT adoption in Africa
• Innovative applications of ICTs in African countries, including mobile applications
• E-government, e-health, or e-learning applications in Africa
• Building capacity in ICT
• Acceptance and use of cloud computing in African contexts
• User interfaces, information presentation and local language adaptation
• Research frameworks and methods to study ICT in Africa, African countries or
communities
• Impact of Africa on the ICT industry
• Impact of the Cheetah Generation on ICT in Africa
• ICT for socio-economic development in the African continent
• ICT infrastructure in African countries
• ICT policy and legislation in African countries
• Strategies for addressing the digital divide and information poverty
• Information and computer literacy in African countries and communities

• Indigenous knowledge systems and ICT in African countries
• ICT and social entrepreneurship in Africa
• Ethical aspects of ICTs in Africa, including e-waste
• Country-specific case studies of ICT adoption or use
• Digital divide and information poverty
• ICT and community-based development approaches
• ICT and the UN Millenium Development Goals in Africa