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See you in 2016 in Burkina Faso.</h1><h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color:#008000;">Africomm 2015 proceedings are now published!</span></h2> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://eudl.eu/proceedings/AFRICOMM/2015"><span style="color:#006400;">EUDL</span></a></h3> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319436951"><span style="color:#006400;">SPRINGER </span></a></h3> <p>  </p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> Call for Participation available<a href="https://africommconference.org/2015/show/cf-participation"> here</a>.</h2> <p style="text-align: center;">  </p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://africommconference.org/2015/show/program-final">AFRICOMM 2015 PROGRAM</a></h2> <p style="text-align: center;">  </p> <h1 style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://africommconference.org/2015/show/registration"><span style="color:#ff8c00;">REGISTRATION NOW OPEN</span></a></h1> <p>  </p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> Don't forget to upload camera-ready paper -<a href="https://africommconference.org/2015/show/camera-ready"> instructions here</a>.</h2> <h3 style="text-align: center;">  </h3> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color:#800080;">Please note that you will be required to use same email address for initial upload, registration and camera-ready upload.</span></h3><h3> <span style="color:#ff0000;">NEWS!</span></h3> <h3 style="color:blue;"> <span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Second Keynote speaker confirmed! <a href="https://africommconference.org/2015/show/keynotes">Read more about NII QUAYNOR here.</a></span></span></h3> <h3 style="color:blue;">  </h3> <h3 style="color:blue;"> <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Keynote Speaker for AFRICOMM 2015 announced! <a href="https://africommconference.org/2015/show/keynotes">Dr.Patrick Valduriez.</a></span></font></h3> <p>  </p> <h3 itemprop="name headline"> <a href="https://blog.eai.eu/ict-a-powerful-enabler-for-development/">ICT, a powerful enabler for development</a> - interview with Roch Glitho, General Chair.</h3> <h3 itemprop="name headline"> <a href="https://blog.eai.eu/cloud-and-big-data-in-developing-countries/">Cloud and Big Data in developing countries </a>- by Patrick Valduriez, INRIA.</h3><h1>7th EAI International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries</h1><p align=justify>Deploying efficient and effective infrastructures and solutions when limited resources are available is a challenging task and a key-enabler for the diffusion of ICT in developing countries. The aim of this conference is bringing together international researchers, students, public officers, policy makers and practitioners in ICT to discuss issues and trends, recent research, innovation advances and on-the-field experiences related to e-Governance, e-Infrastructure, and e-Business with a focus on developing countries. </p> <br> <br> <h2> Venue:</h2> <p><a href="https://africommconference.org/2015/show/venue">NOVOTEL COTONOU ORISHA</a> </p><p>The proceedings are submitted for inclusion to the leading indexing services: <strong>DBLP, Google Scholar, Thomson Scientific ISI Proceedings, EI Elsevier Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus</strong>, as well as ICST's own EU Digital Library (<strong>EUDL</strong>). <br /> </p><p>Selected papers will be invited to publish in the <a href="https://eai.eu/transaction/e-business">EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Busineess</a> <br /> </p><h1>Cotonou, Republic of Benin</h1><h2> Highlights</h2> <ul> <li> <p> Proceedings are submitted for 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