[P2P-F] Fwd: [members] Fwd: Mobile ICT and New Media in Africa - international conference 26-27 May 2014 in Accra, Ghana

Mon Mar 17 14:09:52 CET 2014

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Date: Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:13 AM
Subject: [members] Fwd: Mobile ICT and New Media in Africa - international
conference 26-27 May 2014 in Accra, Ghana
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Cc: Loretta.Anania at ec.europa.eu

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*From: *"Loretta.Anania at ec.europa.eu" <Loretta.Anania at ec.europa.eu>
*Subject: **Mobile ICT and New Media in Africa - international conference
26-27 May 2014 in Accra, Ghana*
*Date: *17 March 2014 09:53:30 GMT
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A serious telecom research event, the first ITS event that is taking place
in Africa (with the exclusion of South Africa, few venture elsewhere)
Can you please inform experts, faculty, PhD students and others who might
contribute to the event?Thank you
Loretta

*From:* Its-l [mailto:its-l-bounces at listserv-itsworld.org<its-l-bounces at listserv-itsworld.org>
] *On Behalf Of *Morten Falch
*Sent:* Saturday, March 15, 2014 5:53 PM
*To:* ITS-L at listserv-itsworld.org
*Subject:* [Its-l] 2nd Call for Papers: The Future of Mobile ICT and New
Media in Africa - 3rd CMI GTUC international conference 26-27 May 2014 in
Accra, Ghana

INVITATION:

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Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups
the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results
on Mobile ICT and New Media in Africa. Selected papers will be published in
a special edition of Nordic- and Baltic Journal of ICT*.*

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Mobile and fixed communication networks and services have been advancing at
a fast pace in Africa and is increasingly used as technology platforms for
meeting challenges in other fields such as health, education, banking, etc.
New media have also emerged in the process. Today there is a shift from
conventional TV and radio delivery of media content to the internet. Though
a decade of innovative public sector reforms in Information and
Communications Technologies (ICT) and media sectors of sub-Saharan Africa
has brought enormous developments and prospects, there's room for further
development.

Most of the African economies have also been expanding over the same
period, which implies that the consumer base is still expanding, and there
are enormous opportunities for the media, mobile and internet sub-sectors.

The mobile markets in the sub-Saharan Africa are very competitive with a
multiplicity of network operators in each country. Investors from across
the world are keeping a watch over the events in the sub-region as new and
innovative service offerings are being rolled out year after year. The
story isn't different in the media sector.

Africa is the second most populous region of the world with over 1 billion
inhabitants. Though there has been tremendous growth rates for mobile
communications, coupled with some fiber optic cables being laid, market
penetration rates for fixed telephony, mobile communications and broadband
internet remain relatively low. In the media, most media houses in Africa
are yet to harness the full potential of new media enabled by ICT.

Real digital opportunities for deployment and utilization in areas such as
e-learning, e-health and e-governance, etc. are presented to promote higher
literacy, healthy, and well informed societies. It is, therefore,
imperative that sub-Saharan Africa positions itself to participate and
utilize the ever-evolving opportunities in health delivery, e-learning
endeavors, e-commerce, e-governance, new media etc.

The conference on 'The Future of Mobile ICT and New Media in Africa'
examines these issues regarding the development of mobile ICT and media -
markets, regulations, business strategies - as well as issues relating to
the use of mobile communications for economic, social, and human
development.
Participants will come from academia, business, and policy and regulation.
The idea is to benefit from input from speakers and participants from
Africa as well as Europe and elsewhere. There is a need for Africa to
partner and establish cooperation with their counterparts in the areas of
research and development, deployment and operations, consultancies and
education, as well as learning best practices.
Conference Objectives

The main objectives of this conference are:
·         To discuss the developments of mobile communications and media
with respect to market developments, policies and regulation, and business
potentials and strategies;
·         To highlight the current challenges encountered in the uptake of
new media platforms in Africa;
·         To examine the need for and use of ICT by educators, health care
workers, government officials, business men, researchers, etc. in the
sub-region;
·         To explore ways in which technologies are used and assessed in
diverse fields of education, health care, governance, businesses, social
networks, banking & finance;
·         To assess recent methods that enhance access to mobile
communications, education, health services, government services, business
services such as distance education, computer-based communication methods,
telemedicine, e-commerce, face booking, etc.;
Who Should Attend

Faculty, Teachers, Researchers, Policy makers and Regulators, Health
practitioners, Business professionals, ICT practitioners, Instructional
designers, Media specialists and producers, Distance learning directors,
Technology & Service providers.
Topics will include - but not limited to the following:
·         Mobile communications
·         Mobile broadband
·         Information Systems
·         Role of Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
·         Application of Information Systems in government and businesses
·         Age and gender issues in the use of Information Systems
·         Digital library, distance learning, e-learning systems &
technologies
·         E-health & e-governance
·         Databases, storage & retrieval systems (e.g. Cloud Computing)
·         Cyber-security - governance, risk & compliance (GRC), cyber-crime.
·         E-commerce & e-banking in developing economies
·         Social media & social networks
·         Social engineering challenges and counter measures
·         ICT policy & regulatory environment.
·         Media policy & regulatory environment
Important Dates:
·         *Deadline for Abstracts: April 1, 2014.*
·         *Notification of Acceptance: April 7, 2014.*
·         *Deadline for Full Papers: May 12, 2014.*
Submit your abstract / paper to:

cmi at cmi.aau.dk
Registration

Can be made at http://www.conf.cmi.aau.dk/current-conference/ . The final
programme and otherinformation will be posted on the same website.

Organizing committee:

Ezer Yeboah-Boateng, GTUC, ezer at cmi.aau.dk
Osei Darkwa, GTUC, odarkwa at gtuc.edu.gh
Isa Abdullahi, CMI, abdullah at cmi.aau.dk
Idongesit Williams, CMI, idong at cmi.aau.dk
Reza Tadayoni, CMI, reza at cmi.aau.dk
Anders Henten, CMI, henten at cmi.aau.dk
Morten Falch, CMI, falch at cmi.aau.dk
Knud Erik Skouby, CMI, skouby at cmi.aau.dk

________________________________________________________________
Professor Nigel Gilbert, ScD, FREng, AcSS, Professor of Sociology,
University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK. +44 (0)1483 689173
Surrey is 38th in QS World Rankings for Sociology http://goo.gl/xvo77W

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