Online Submission

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 (8 - 10 pages including references, c.4,000 words) using the IST-Africa Template must be registered on the conference portal by the extended deadline of 31 October 2024.

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.

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.

Double Blind peer Review

As all papers will be double blind peer reviewed by the IST-Africa 2025 Programme Committee, please ensure that no contact details are provided within the text or Properties of the paper submitted. All author details should be submitted online in the Author List as part of the Submission Process - including the name and organisation for the author submitting the paper.

Upload in .doc format

Papers should be uploaded in .doc format. To convert a paper in .docx format to .doc format, please select "Save As" - select "Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc)" from the combo box and Save. The Word document should then be in .doc format.

Programme / Proceedings

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.

Referencing

Any elements of the paper previously published should be carefully referenced. Please ensure that all previously published author and third party content is appropriately referenced. All papers are checked for plagiarism prior to being assigned for review. Only full papers will be assigned for review.

Any use of content generated by Artificial Intelligence

Any use of content generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) (including but not limited to text, figures, images, and code) in the paper must be disclosed in the Acknowledgements section of the paper (including the specific AI tool used).

Please note the Organising Committee will only communicate with the author who submitted the paper.

ONLINE SUBMISSION CLOSED

All authors have access to the double blind peer review feedback online via their My Page .

Submission of Final Updated Papers

Authors with accepted papers should prepare updated papers using the IST-Africa paper template taking account of feedback provided and upload the final paper in Word format (.doc Word 97 - 2003) by 28 February via their My Page

Please keep a log of changes made in the final paper in a separate document. The final paper uploaded should include all authors details and be ready for quality check for publication.

After uploading the updated final paper, please send a Word document with this documentation of changes to secretariat@IST-Africa.org to assist in the quality review of papers received.

Each presenter will present once in the Programme.

Any requests to change the presenting author should be sent by email to secretariat@IST-Africa.org so the paper block can be moved and online Programme updated.