[afro-nets] Officially Announcing The African Journal of Information Systems (AJIS)

["Victor Mbarika" <victor@mbarika.com>]

Make History with the Inaugural Volume of 

The African Journal of Information Systems 
http://www.ajis.org/

Founded with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the International Center for IT and Development (http://www.icitd.com/> ), the African Journal of Information Systems (AJIS) provides a high caliber scholarly research journal in information and communication technology (ICT).  

With a very strong editorial and international advisory board of some of the top scholars in IS, the focus of AJIS is to acquaint a broad audience of readers in the variety of intellectual traditions included under the rubric of ICT in Africa. 

Therefore, the journal aims at disseminating research on the transfer, diffusion, and adoption of ICT within the context of Africa; the innovation and development of ICT solutions for and within this context; impacts of ICT on society and of society on ICT; and other relevant normative, empirical, and theoretical concerns of ICT development, implementation, strategy, management and policy that are distinctive to Africa and associated developing economies.

Become a Pioneer Contributor to the Inaugural Volume of the African Journal of Information Systems (http://www.ajis.org/ ).  The inaugural volume of the journal will be published in two issues.  Submission to the first issue of the journal is closed. However, we invite you to submit your papers for the second issue of this inaugural volume.

The theme of the inaugural volume is: 
"Salient issues in IS/IT research in Africa: Where do we go from here?"

We encourage you to submit your work in (but not limited to):

1.   Research Methods, Reviews and Commentaries
2.   Human and Societal Issues in IS 
3.   Managerial IT Issues for Sustainable Development 
4.   Wireless and Internet Applications
5.   IT in Government and Conflict Resolution
6.   IT in Education
7.   IT in HealthCare
8.   IT in Micro-Enterprises and Entrepreneurship
9.  GIS & IS in Agriculture and Land Use
10. Software Engineering for Development
11. IT and Governance 
12. Supply Chain Management 
13. IT, Rural Development & Poverty Reduction
14. IT Policy

Submit your papers electronically to: editor@ajisonline.com

Important Dates

Submission of paper:  April 15, 2008                                
Notification of acceptance: June 1, 2008                
Revisions due: August 1, 2008
Camera Ready Copy due: August 31, 2008
Publication: September 15, 2008

Email your submissions to: editor@ajisonline.com or to the editors directly at: mailto:victor@mbarika.com or mailto:pmeso@cis.gsu.edu

For more information on AJIS, visit 
http://www.ajisonline.com

Journal ISSN: 1936-0282

In anticipation of your submissions,

Victor Mbarika and Peter Meso
Editors-in-Chief
On behalf of the AJIS editorial board.

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Victor Wacham A. Mbarika, Ph.D.
College of Business, T.T. Allain Building
Southern University and A&M College 
Baton Rouge, LA 70813, U.S.A. 
Phone: +1 225 771 5640 or +1 225 572 1042
mailto:victor@mbarika.com