Emerging and Resilient Technologies in Building and Securing African Nations 

SMARTBLOCK4AFRICA

Babcock University, Nigeria and Valley View University, Ghana in collaboration with IEEE presents the SMARTBLOCK4AFRICA 2024 conference. The conference aims to foster dialogue and innovation in leveraging technological advancements for the sustainable development and security of African nations. One of the goals of the conference is the adoption of blockchain and other emerging technologies in sustaining Africa. The SMARTBLOCK4AFRICA 2024 Conference invites researchers, academicians, practitioners, and industry experts to submit their contributions to the discourse on "Emerging and Resilient Technologies in Building and Securing African Nations."

SMARTBLOCK4AFRICA 2024 is an in-person and virtual event and will feature technical papers & presentations, posters and workshops.

• Prominent experts will be giving keynotes, plenary presentations and invited talks.
• Best Posters and Papers in the conference will be eligible for an award.
• Full papers will be considered for publication in the IEEE Blockchain 2024 Proceedings.

Conference content that meets IEEE quality review standards and format will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore.

Submission Guidelines

• Formatting must comply with the stated requirements (see IEEE template).
• Authors must complete the IEEE Copyright Assignment form.
• All papers must be checked for plagiarism.
• All papers must be PDF verified, either with the paper processing system, or through the IEEE PDF eXpress system before submission.

List of Topics

• Distributed Ledger/Block chain Technology
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Human Machine Interaction
• Analytics and Data Mining
• Intelligent Systems
• Knowledge graph
• Cloud Computing
• Parallel Computing
• Distributed Computing
• Mobile Computing
• Networking
• Reverse Engineering
• Decision Support System
• Smart Technology
• Cyber Security
• Information Security
• Hacking
• Data Protection
• IoT and related technologies,
• Health Informatics
• Embedded system
• Financial technology, Crypto and Digital currency
• Nanotechnology
• Unmanned aerial network
• Driverless cars
• Renewable energy technologies
• Persuasive computing
• Image processing
• Digital and virtual classroom
• Wireless sensor network
• Distance learning
• Biotechnology

Conference Committees

• Conferene Honorary Chairman: Prof. Gora Data and Prof. Nicolae Goga
• Conference Committee Co-Chairman: Prof. Dominic Damoah
• Conference Committee Co-Chairman: Prof. Oludele Awodele
• Conference Committee Ex-Officio/ Dean, SCES: Prof. Sunday Idowu and Dr Prince Amoako
• Conference Committee Ex-Officio/ HoD, Computer Science Dept.: Dr Prince Amoako
• Conference Liaison officer/Coordinator: Dr. Folasade Ayankoya and Mr Charles Adjetey
• Conference Manager/ HOD, Computer Science Dept.: Dr. Afolashade Kuyoro
• Conference Manager/ HOD, Information Technology Dept.: Mr. J.K. Arthur
• Conference Deputy Manager/HOD, Software Engineering Dept: Dr. Olubukola Adekola
• Conference Sub Committees Co-ordinator/HOD, Information Technology Dept.:  Prof. Adewale Adebayo

Technical Program Committees

• Prof. Adesina Simon Sodiya (Chairman)
• Emeritus Prof. William Oblitey (Vice Chairman)
• Prof. Andrei Vasilateanu
• Dr. Pacifique Nizeyimana
• Dr. Edward Danso Ansong
• Ass. Prof. Mitrea Dan Alexandru
• Prof. Ionel-Bujorel Pavaloiu
• Ass. Prof. Marin Iuliana
• Prof. Nicolae Goga
• Dr. Kofi Sarpong Adu-Manu
• Dr. Oyebola Akande
• Dr. Nzenwata Ucheanna Jeremiah
• As. Prof. Maitanmi O. Stephen
• Dr. Ajaegbu Chigozirim
• Dr. Lossan Bonde
• Ass. Prof. Agbaje Michael O.

Publication

SMARTBLOCK4AFRICA Proceedings will be published in IEEE Xplore®.

Venue

The SMARTBLOCK4AFRICA 2024 Conference will be held in

• Forest Hotel, Accra, Ghana 
  • September 30^th – October 2^nd 2024 
• Babcock University Guest House, Ilisan Remo, Ogun State Nigeria
  • October 2^nd – October 4^th 2024

Contact

For further details and submission instructions, please visit the conference website: https://ieee.babcock.edu.ng, https://ieee.vvu.edu.gh/