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In the spirit of open access to knowledge and scholarship, AJIC is now published primarily online. However, for institutions and individuals, a print-ready print-on-demand download is now also available.

  

The African Journal of Information and Communication

Call for papers: E-Governance Advances in Africa - a Review of Progress in the First Decade of the 21st Century
Abstracts due by 30 May 2011

The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), is an academic journal, accredited by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training. The journal has been listed in the South African approved (DoHET) journals list since 2002, and will appear under the new title from 2011.

The African Journal of Information and Communication is published by the Learning Information Networking and Knowledge (LINK) Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, as a forum for research, scholarship and academic debate within the broad ICT sector across the continent of Africa.

Formerly the South(ern) African Journal of Information and Communication, it is an annual, interdisciplinary journal concerned with Africa’s participation in the “information society” and network economy. AJIC focuses on information and communication technology (ICT) issues at the global, regional and national level that have implications for developing countries in general, and for Africa and the Southern African region in particular, encouraging debate on different aspects of ICT policy, regulation, strategy and implementation. It is both a rigorous academic journal and a practical tool to inform the continent’s ICT actors and decision-makers in government, industry and civil society.
The African Journal of Information and Communication, Issue No 10 2009 / 2010 is now available! Order your copy soon!

Issue No 11 (2010/2011) of The African Journal of Information and Communication is now available!

Editors for this 1ssue:

Tawana Kupe, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; and

Lucienne Abrahams, LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

This issue of The African Journal of Information and Communication1 presents a range of articles covering topics on international mobile roaming, competition policy and regulation, electronic government and technological innovation. These articles, focusing on the domains of telecoms and ICT applications, illustrate the range of subject matter that is particular to innovation in ICT on the African continent, and of interest to African scholars.

Individual articles may be accessed by clicking on the links below. To download the online version in a single file (3,5 Mb), click here. To download the print-on-demand version (4,5 Mb), click here.

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The African Journal of Information and Communication is licensed under a
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Editorial Board

The Journal has been supported by a high profile Editorial Board which is currently in the process of being reconstituted. The LINK Centre thanks the founding editor of the journal, Alison Gillwald, for ten years of dedicated service (2000 - 2009) in establishing the journal and building its reputation. We also thank the following for their service on the Editorial Board at various times over the past ten years: Luci Abrahams, Lishan Adem, Colin Blackman, Sandra Braman, Tracy Cohen, Hernan Galperin, Polly Gastor, Laurent Gilles, Dale Hatfield, Anders Henten, Heather Hudson, Hudson Janisch, Richard Joseph, Emmanuel OleKambanei, Ellison Kahn, Tim Kelly, Robin Mansell, Gillian Marcelle, Bill Melody, Jonathan Miller, Muriuki Mureithi, Joseph Okpaku, Andrew Rens, Rohan Samarajiva, Leo van Audenhove.

Managing Editor: Prof Tawana Kupe, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersand, P O Box 601, Wits, 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa

Co-Editor: Lucienne Abrahams, LINK Centre, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersand, P O Box 601, Wits, 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa

Reviews Editor: Charley Lewis, LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand, P O Box 601, Wits, 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa

Editorial Board
Ms Lucienne Abrahams, LINK Centre, University of the Witwatersand, Johannesburg Prof Hatem Elkadi, Faculty of Engineering, University of Cairo, Egypt
Dr Nagy Hanna, Author, Advisor, Academic, Senior Advisor, World Bank (former) Prof Joseph Kizza, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Chattanooga-Tennessee, USA
Prof Tawana Kupe, University of the Witwatersand, Johannesburg Prof Gillian Marcelle , University of the Witwatersand, Johannesburg
Dr Dorothy Okello, Lecturer, Makerere University, Uganda Ewan Sutherland, independent telecommunications analyst
Dr Rahul Tongia, Senior systems scientist, Carnegie Mellon University, USA  

Contribute

Those wishing to submit contributions to the journal should address them to The Co-Editor, LINK Centre.

Articles should not exceed 8 000 words in length (including Abstract and References), and should relate to the political, economic and social aspects of telecommunications, broadcasting and IT. Comments, reports, book reviews or rejoinders to articles should be not more than 1 500 - 3 000 words.

Contributions are received with the understanding that their contents are original, upublished material, and are not being submitted for publication elsewhere. Translated material, which has not been published in English, will also be considered. The Editor reserves the right to edit or otherwise alter contributions.

Contributions for the forthcoming issue are already open!    Get yours in now!

Notes for Authors

Submissions

Articles for publication in the African Journal of Information and Communication (SAJIC) should be submitted to the Co-Editor, Luci Abrahams, at the LINK Centre, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Length

Articles should not exceed 8 000 words in length, including the Abstract and References. Book reviews, comments, reports or rejoinders to articles should be much shorter, usually 1 000-3 000 words. Contributions are received with the understanding that their contents are original, unpublished material and are not being submitted for publication elsewhere. Translated material that has not been published in English will also be considered. The Editors reserve the right to edit or otherwise alter contributions.

Format

All submissions should be in 11-point Arial font, single-space, left-aligned Microsoft Word format (or compatible open source format) with minimal formatting / layout. Where necessary, footnotes rather than end notes should be used.

Refereeing

All full-length articles submitted for publication will be reviewed “blind” by one or more referees selected from the AJIC Editorial Board, or by someone else identified as suited to the subject matter. Shorter articles and book reviews are refereed at the discretion of the Editor.

Presentation

The first page of a submission should contain the title, author’s name, affiliation, full postal address, and telephone, fax and email contacts. Affiliations and contact details of co-authors should also be listed. The second page should contain an abstract (summary of the article’s contents) of 200-500 words. The article should begin on the third page.

References

The bibliography should contain only those references cited in the text, arranged in alphabetical order according to the surname of the author using standard APA format.

Tables and Figures

These should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals followed by a caption. All graphs, diagrams and other drawing should be referred to as figures, which should also be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. These should be in a format that can be easily manipulated for editing and printing purposes.

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