The African Journal of Information Systems

AJIS employs a double blind peer review process. Papers considered will have an African focus and will fall under three major categories:

1. Research Articles: These are full length articles grounded in theory. In these articles, the fundamental objective of the authors is to conduct empirical or conceptualize work that confirms or extends existing theories and/or develops new theories.

2. Commentaries and Cases: Commentaries are short articles that critique, extend or comment on research previously published in peer reviewed sources—particularly on issues relating to ICT in Africa. For example, an article could critique the methodology, perspectives or biases/assumptions evident in dominant research on privatization of ICTs in Africa. These articles could also present real-world cases of innovative implementation of established theories, processes and ICT applications. Commentaries and cases must be research-based and not mere opinions of the author. This article would typically be shorter than research articles and discuss incremental findings or actual experiences from the ICT field.

3. Teaching Notes: One of the primary missions of AJIS is to contribute to the advancement of ICT education in Africa. To this end, the journal will remain receptive to considering significant research relevant to the teaching, pedagogy and learning of ICT within the socio-cultural context of Africa.

Open Access Policy

AJIS provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.