The IEEE Region 8 flagship conference in Africa, IEEE AFRICON is to be hosted at the GIMPA Executive Conference Centre in beautiful and hospitable city of Accra, Ghana. IEEE AFRICON 2019 provides a platform for academic and industry professionals from all over the world to share ideas, present their latest research and to network. The conference covers the full spectrum of IEEE activities.

Submission of papers
Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical papers in English, of up to 8 pages in IEEE conference format. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE AFRICON 2019 proceedings and submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The thematic areas of interest are (but not limited to) computational intelligence, communication networks, cloud computing and Internet of Things, Power and Energy Systems, Electrical and Electronic Systems, and Engineering and Technology for Development. Please find below more details (but not limited to) the thematic areas of interest.


Computational Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence, Optimization and High Performance Computing
Bioinspired algorithms and computation
Evolutionary algorithms
Neural Networks
Fuzzy Logic
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Blockchain, Smart Contract and Applications


Communication Networks
Communication theory, protocols and concepts
Real-time communication and media technologies
Communication QoS, Reliability & Modelling
Next Generation Networking and the Internet
Communication and Signal Processing
Electromagnetics, Antennas and Optics
Mobile and wireless networks
Software Define Networks
Network Virtualization
Virtual reality and augmented reality
Cyber Security and Trust


Engineering and Technology for Development
Smart Agriculture
Smart cities and transportation systems
Engineering Management and Education
Affordable Emerging Technologies for Education
e-Health, ICT4D

Power and Energy Systems
Power Generation and Distribution systems
Distributed Energy Systems
Power Systems modelling and Simulations
Power Electronics and Devices
Cyber and physical security of power systems
Smart Grid systems
Renewable Energy Systems and technologies
Power control systems
Wireless power transfer
Transportation power electronics

Cloud Computing and IoT
Enterprise Engineering, Architecture and Enterprise Information Systems
Mobile and pervasive computing systems
Internet of Things and Internet of Everything
Fog Computing
Sensing and Intelligent Systems (Sensors, Sensor Networks, Remote Sensing)
Distributed and parallel computing systems and algorithms
Virtualization Techniques
Software engineering
Big data Analytics and data mining techniques

Electrical and Electronic Systems
Biomedical Engineering, Nanotechnology
Engineering Applications and Health
Electronic Devices and Circuits
Digital Signal and Image processing
Control systems and automation