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class="n2_clear"></div></div></div></div> </div><div class="gdlr-item gdlr-content-item" ><h5 style="text-align: center;">Watch the full recording of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ8Xb9jMLaA&list=PLbfBfgP7I2DcG89YueHJj35CvIFUTiiqS" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><b data-stringify-type="bold">EAI AFRICOMM 2020 livestream</b></a> (Keynotes: <strong>Prof. Aminata Garba</strong>, Carnegie Mellon University Africa, <strong>Prof. Nick Feamster</strong>, University of Chicago & <strong>Prof. Dr. Thomas Magedanz</strong>, Technische Universität Berlin) and <strong>get involved </strong>in this edition!</h5> </div></div><div class="clear"></div></div></section></div>  <div class="with-sidebar-wrapper gdlr-type-no-sidebar"><section id="content-section-2" ><div class="section-container container"><div class="eight columns" ><div class="gdlr-item gdlr-content-item" ><pre><div id="mtphr-dnt-491" class="mtphr-dnt mtphr-dnt-491 mtphr-dnt-default mtphr-dnt-scroll mtphr-dnt-scroll-left"><div class="mtphr-dnt-wrapper mtphr-dnt-clearfix"><div class="mtphr-dnt-tick-container"><div class="mtphr-dnt-tick-contents"><div class="mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix "><span style="font-family: Roboto"><a href="https://africommconference.eai-conferences.org/2021/registration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Registration </a>is now open, don’t miss the early-bird fee!</span></div><div class="mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix "><span style="font-family: Roboto">Discover the <a href="https://africommconference.eai-conferences.org/2021/accepted-papers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Accepted Papers</a> of EAI AFRICOMM 2021!</span></div><div class="mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix "><span style="font-family: Roboto">Take a look back at the previous edition of AFRICOMM <a href="https://africommconference.eai-conferences.org/2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</span></div><div class="mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix "><span style="font-family: Roboto">AFRICOMM 2021 supports revolutionary EAI Community Review, find out more <a href="http://help.eai.eu/conference/community/community-review/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</span></div><div class="mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix "><span style="font-family: Roboto">Every author receives EAI Index credits – regardless of acceptance. Learn more about EAI’s Recognition Program <a href="https://eai.eu/membership/#eai-index" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</span></div><div class="mtphr-dnt-tick mtphr-dnt-default-tick mtphr-dnt-clearfix "><span style="font-family: Roboto">Get real feedback on your presentation from other registrants via EAI Compass.</span></div></div></div></div></div></pre> </div><div class="gdlr-item gdlr-content-item" ><p><div class="gdlr-shortcode-wrapper"><div class="gdlr-styled-box-item-ux gdlr-ux" ><div class="gdlr-item gdlr-styled-box-item" ><div class="gdlr-styled-box-head-wrapper" ><div class="gdlr-styled-box-corner" style="border-bottom-color:#29357a;" ></div><div class="gdlr-styled-box-head" style="background-color:#3f51b5;" ></div></div><div class="gdlr-styled-box-body with-head" style="background-color:#3f51b5; color: #ffffff; " ></p> <h2><span style="color: #ffffff;"><strong>Welcome to the EAI Community</strong></span></h2> <p>Let the EAI Community help you build your career with collaborative research, objective evaluation, and fair recognition:</p> <ul> <li>Extra visibility for your paper and fair review → <a class="gdlr-button small" href="https://eai.eu/community-portal/" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff; background-color:#29357a; " >Community Review</a> </li> <li>Get credits to receive membership ranks and global recognition → <a class="gdlr-button small" href="https://eai.eu/membership/#eai-index" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff; background-color:#29357a; " >EAI Index</a> </li> <li>Real-time evaluation and feedback on your presentation on-site → <a class="gdlr-button small" href="https://compass.eai.eu/events/upcoming" target="_blank" style="color:#ffffff; background-color:#29357a; " >EAI Compass</a> </li> </ul> <p> </div></div></div></div></p> </div><div class="gdlr-item gdlr-accordion-item style-1" id="more" ><div class="accordion-tab active pre-active" ><h4 class="accordion-title" ><i class="icon-minus" ></i><span>Proceedings</span></h4><div class="accordion-content"><p><strong>Update:</strong> Proceedings have been published in <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-06374-9" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SpringerLink Digital Library</a>.</p> </div></div><div class="accordion-tab" ><h4 class="accordion-title" ><i class="icon-plus" ></i><span>Publication</span></h4><div class="accordion-content"><p>All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by <b data-stringify-type="bold">Springer</b> and made available through <strong>SpringerLink Digital Library</strong>.</p> <p>Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading <b data-stringify-type="bold">indexing</b> services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec, and Zentralblatt MATH. </p> <p>Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.springer.com/engineering/signals/journal/11276" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wireless Networks (WINET) Journal [IF: 2.602 (2020)]</a></li> </ul> <p>All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://eudl.eu/journal/mca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications (Open Access)</a></li> <li><a href="https://eudl.eu/journal/sis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems (Open Access)</a> – indexed in <strong>ESCI</strong> & <strong>Ei Compendex</strong></li> </ul> <p>Additional publication opportunities:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://eai.eu/books/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series</a><br /> (titles in this series are indexed in Ei Compendex, Web of Science & Scopus)</li> </div></div><div class="accordion-tab" ><h4 class="accordion-title" ><i class="icon-plus" ></i><span>Topics</span></h4><div class="accordion-content"><ul> <li>Internet of Things</li> <li>Energy-aware ICT infrastructure</li> <li>Smart cities and infrastructure</li> <li>Ubiquitous networks and ICT infrastructures for critical environmental conditions,</li> <li>ICT services based on alternative energies,</li> <li>Existing/emerging wireless broadband access technologies such as LTE, 5G, and 6G, drone and geospatial technologies,</li> <li>ICT security and privacy</li> <li>Innovative mobile technologies and solutions</li> <li>Blockchain technology</li> <li>ICT for creative and digital economy</li> <li>Machine learning</li> <li>Natural language processing with a focus on African languages</li> <li>Deep learning and big data</li> <li>Social networks</li> <li>e-Government and e-services</li> <li>Cloud computing</li> <li>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.</li> </ul> </div></div><div class="accordion-tab" ><h4 class="accordion-title" ><i class="icon-plus" ></i><span>About AFRICOMM 2021</span></h4><div class="accordion-content"><p style="text-align: justify;">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.</p> </div></div><div class="accordion-tab" ><h4 class="accordion-title" ><i class="icon-plus" ></i><span>About EAI</span></h4><div class="accordion-content"><p>This event is organized by <strong>EAI</strong>.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <strong>EAI’s vision</strong> is to foster excellence in research and innovation on the principles of transparency, objectivity, equality, and openness. Our guiding principle is community cooperation to create better research, provide fair recognition of excellence and transform best ideas into commercial value proposition.<br /> <br /> <strong>EAI‘s mission</strong> is to create an environment that rewards excellence transparently, and builds recognition objectively regardless of age, economic status or country of origin, where no membership fees or closed door committees stand in the way of your research career.<br /> <br /> Through these shared values, EAI leads the way toward advancing the world of research and innovation, empowering individuals and institutions for the good of society to fully benefit from the digital revolution. </p> </div></div></div></div><div class="four columns" ><div class="gdlr-item gdlr-content-item" style="margin-bottom: 30px;" ><h3 style="text-align: center;">Important dates</h3> <h3></h3> <h3><strong><span style="color: #18ce0f;">Main Track</span></strong></h3> <p><strong>Full Paper Submission deadline</strong><br /> <del>20 May</del><span style="color: #686868;"> 19 July 2021</span><br /> <strong>Notification deadline</strong><br /> <del>19 August</del> 30 September 2021<br /> <strong>Camera-ready deadline<br /> </strong><del>21 October</del><span style="color: #ff0000;"> <span style="color: #686868;">10 November 2021</span></span><br /> <strong>Start of Conference</strong><br /> 1 December 2021<br /> <strong>End of Conference</strong><br /> 3 December 2021</p> <h3><strong><span style="color: #18ce0f;">Late Track</span></strong></h3> <h3> </h3> <p><strong>Full Paper Submission deadline<br /> </strong><del>10 August</del> <span class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color" style="color: #686868;">30 August 2021</span><strong><br /> Notification deadline<br /> </strong><del>15 September</del> 30 September 2021<strong><br /> Camera-ready deadline<br /> </strong><del>21 October</del> <span style="color: #686868;">10 November 2021</span></p> <h3><a href="https://africommconference.eai-conferences.org/2021/call-for-workshop-papers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong><span style="color: #18ce0f;">Workshop Tracks</span></strong></a></h3> <p><strong>Full Paper Submission deadline<br /> </strong><del><span class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color" style="color: #686868;">31 July</span></del><span class="has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color" style="color: #686868;"> 30 August 2021</span><strong><br /> Notification deadline<br /> </strong><del>14 September</del> 15 October 2021<strong><br /> Camera-ready deadline<br /> </strong><del>31 October</del> <span style="color: #686868;">10 November 2021</span></p> <h3></h3> </div><div class="gdlr-item gdlr-content-item" ><h3 style="text-align: center;">Previous AFRICOMM editions</h3> <p><a href="https://africommconference.eai-conferences.org/2020/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020</a> – Virtual conference<br /> <a href="https://africommconference2019.eai-conferences.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2019</a> – Porto-Novo, Benin<br /> <a href="https://africommconference.org/2018">2018</a> – Dakar, Senegal<br /> <a href="https://africommconference.org/2017">2017</a> – Lagos, Nigeria<a href="https://africommconference.org/2016/show/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><br /> 2016</a> – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso<br /> <a href="https://africommconference.org/2015/show/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2015</a> – Cotonou, Benin<br /> <a href="https://africommconference.org/2014" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2014</a> – Kampala, Uganda<br /> <a href="https://africommconference.org/2013/show/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2013</a> – Blantyre, Malawi<br /> <a href="https://africommconference.org/2012/show/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2012</a> – Yaounde, Cameroon<br /> <a href="https://eudl.eu/proceedings/AFRICOMM/2011" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2011</a> – Zanzibar, Tanzania<br /> <a href="https://eudl.eu/proceedings/AFRICOMM/2010" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2010</a> – Cape Town, South Africa<br /> <a href="https://eudl.eu/proceedings/AFRICOMM/2009" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2009</a> – Maputo, Mozambique</p> </div><div class="gdlr-item gdlr-content-item" style="margin-bottom: 40px;" ><h3 style="text-align: center;">Sponsors</h3> <p> </p> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135" src="https://template.eai-conferences.org/africommconference2021/wp-content/uploads/sites/510/2017/05/eai-transactions-logo-1.png" alt="" width="200" height="76" /></h3> </div></div><div class="clear"></div></div></section></div>  </div> <div class="clear" ></div> </div> <footer class="footer-wrapper" > <div class="footer-container container"> <div class="footer-column four columns" id="footer-widget-1" > <div id="text-2" class="widget widget_text gdlr-item gdlr-widget"> <div class="textwidget"><div style="text-align: center; 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