The Internet In Tertiary Education In Africa : Recent Trends

Every issue of the journal will carry one or more book reviews. This is a call for reviewers of books. The book reviewed must be of interest to the readers of the journal. That is to say, the book must be within the areas the journal covers. The reviews must be no more than 500 words. Send your review electronically to the book review editor at: [email protected] The IJCIR is an independent biannual publication of Makerere University. In addition to publishing original work from international scholars from across the globe, the Journal strives to publish African original work of the highest quality that embraces basic information communication technology (ICT) that will not only offer significant contributions to scientific research and development but also take into account local development contexts. The Journal publishes papers in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, information systems, data communications and computer networks, ICT for sustainable development, and other related areas. Two issues are published per year: June and December. For more detailed topics please see: Submitted work should be original and unpublished current research in computing and ICT based on either theoretical or methodological aspects, as well as various applications in real world problems from science, technology, business or commerce. Short and quality articles (not exceeding 20 single spaced type pages) including references are preferable. The selection of journal papers which involves a rigorous review process secures the most scholarly, critical, analytical, original, and informative papers. Papers are typically published in less than half a year from the time a final corrected version of the manuscript is received. Authors should submit their manuscripts in Word or PDF to [email protected]. Manuscripts submitted will be admitted subject to adherence to the publication requirements in formatting and style. For more details on manuscript formatting and style please visit the journal website at: It has been one year since we published the maiden issue of the International Journal of Computing and ICT Research (IJCIR). What a year it has been. Journals, especially academic journals are extremely difficult to sustain once they have started. This is because academic journals are rarely best sellers. They make little money, if at all, usually from either subscription and or advertising. Both of these sources depend on the credibility of the journal and the deep pockets of the founding institution. Without both of these together, it is difficult to grow an academic journal. In …