Call for Papers

Paper submissions are invited for IST-Africa 2024. The conference language is English and submissions should be for technical or visionary papers, and business or government case studies within the scope of the conference.

Full Papers (4,000 - 5,000 words) using the IST-Africa Template must be registered on the conference portal by extended deadline of 15 December 2023. Please refer to Paper Guidelines for more information.

Papers must present analysis of initial or final research results or a case study. General project descriptions are not appropriate.

It is important to highlight actual or expected impact as well as the level of innovation. Any elements of the paper previously published should be carefully referenced.

It is necessary for papers submitted to include new elements that have not previously been published to warrant inclusion in the conference proceedings. Any visionary elements in paper should be supported by mini use cases to illustrate applicability.

Each presenter can present ONE paper in the Programme. It is necessary for papers to be physically presented by an author / co-author during the event to ensure inclusion in the Proceedings.

Please only submit papers for review where there are authors/co-authors who will complete registration if accepted for inclusion in the Programme and present the results. Please do not submit multiple papers for which there is only one author who can register.

All papers are checked for plagiarism prior to being assigned for review. Only full papers will be assigned for review.

It is a condition of submitting a paper that (a) authors act on feedback and comments provided by the International Programme Committee (IPC) to ensure high quality conference proceedings, (b) presenters act on feedback provided by their Session Chair to ensure high quality presentations, and (c) presenters register and pay the participant's fee by 28 February 2024, before the publication of the Final Programme.

Click here to download the Call for Papers brochure. Click here to submit a full paper for review.

Publishing schedule for IST-Africa 2024

- Draft Full Paper and workshop proposals submitted by extended deadline of 15 December 2023

- Provisional acceptance of draft full papers with IPC feedback by 02 February 2024

- Final papers to be delivered electronically by 01 March for editorial review and quality check