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Special Issue on Free and Open Source Software in Africa |
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The special issue seeks to present a distinctive African perspective on the theory and practice of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for audiences with an interest in information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Africa. The special issue aims at disseminating research output on the development, adoption, localization and the usage of FOSS within an African context.
While encouraging first-rate academic papers, we are also open to practitioner case studies that reflect or report on experiences with FOSS in Africa.
Submissions should seek to cover the following themes:
- Actual and potential contribution of FOSS to the socio-economic development of Africa;
- Experiences of African organizations in developing, adopting, localizing, and using FOSS;
- Strategic role of FOSS in Governance, Business, Health and Education in Africa; and
- Industry expertise and innovations on FOSS in Africa.
Submissions- Papers should not normally exceed 15 Journal pages (about 8000 words including references, tables and figures).
- Practitioner case studies (up to 5000 words/8 pages)
- Academic research and conceptual papers (from 7000 to 8000 words/15 pages)
- Authors should follow the AJIS Submissions Checklist and the AJIS Paper Submission Template at http://ajisonline.com/ (all papers which fail to use the submission checklist and the template will be rejected without review).
- Papers should be submitted through the AJIS online paper submission system at http://ajis.icitd.org/index.php/journal/information/authors (Select the Special Issue on Free and Open Source Software in Africa during submission).
- Reference citations should follow the APA style. Please refer to the table of examples in the following link: http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/about/instruct/apastyle.html
Important Dates- Papers may be submitted to this special issue any time before May 1, 2010 extended to June 30, 2010.
- Notification of Acceptance – July 15, 2010
- Final Submissions of Camera-Ready Papers – September 1, 2010
- Publication Date – October 15, 2010
Guest Editor for the Special Issue- Silvia Aimasso, Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa and Pearl Richards Foundation,
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Coordinating Editors- Richard Boateng, ICITD, Southern University, USA
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- John Effah, Salford University, UK
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