Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development 18th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference, ICT4D 2024, Cape Town, South Africa, May 20–22, 2024, Proceedings, Part I

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development, ICT4D 2024, which was held in Cape Town, South Africa, during May 20–22, 2024.

The 49 full papers and 4 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 107 submissions. 

They are organized in topical sections as follows: 

Part I - Artificial Intelligence, Inequalities, and Human Rights; Digital Inclusion through e-Government; Giving Voice to Marginalised Perspectives in IS Research; Human-Computer Interaction for Ethical Value Exchange and Social Inclusion; ICT Curriculum and Education; ICT in Displacement and Conflict Zones: Ideas, Disconnects, & Innovations; Research in Indigenous African Languages; Smart Collaborations & Crowdsourcing; Technology & Social Justice.

Part II - Diverse and Inclusive Digital Transformation; Information and Computer Security; General Track; Philosophical, Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Researching ICT4D.

.- Artificial Intelligence, Inequalities, and Human Rights.
.- The Application of Artificial Intelligence in Diabetes Prediction: A Bibliometric Analysis.
.- Digital Inclusion through e-Government.
.- Challenges of ICT4D solutions in Somalia: A Case study of Land Management.
.- Digitalizing monitoring of National Development Plans: A case study from Uganda.
.- Experiences of Visually Impaired South African Government Employees with E-Government Services.
.- Facilitating Gig Work Opportunities for Youth in Developing Countries: A Systematic Literature Review.
.- Involving heterogeneous user groups in developing innovations on digital platforms in healthcare.
.- Giving Voice to Marginalised Perspectives in IS Research.
.- Digital health, development and social exclusion: DHIS2 and HIV prevention among Adolescent Girls, Young Women and Key Populations.
.- Overcoming Marginalization: Mobile Payment Domestication by Underserved South African Microentrepreneurs.
.- Smart Cities for Whom? Exploring the Role of Gunshot Detection Systems in Marginalized Communities.
.- The perspectives of marginalized South African youth on a pre-university outreach program: a photovoice study.
.- The Unequal World of Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East: The Paradoxical Role of Technology.
.- Understanding chilling effects in digital spaces– a study of Ugandan LGBT+ advocacy in the wake of the draconian 2023 Anti-homosexuality Act.
.- Human-Computer Interaction for Ethical Value Exchange and Social Inclusion.
.- Contextual usability of Fintech by African Caribbean Micro-Business Owners in the UK.
.- ICT Curriculum and Education.
.- Digital Technology enabled Education for Sustainable Development in South Africa: a case study of a University of Technology.
.- Factors Influencing Learning Management Systems Use among Lecturers in Ghanaian Higher Education Institutions.
.- Lessons Learned from EdTech Integration during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
.- Partners in Design: Insights from an Innovative Education for Sustainable Development Module Design Process.
.- Postcolonial 4IR Environmental Scanning for IS Education: A Transformative Mixed-Methods Approach for Decolonization and Inclusivity.
.- ICT in Displacement and Conflict Zones: Ideas, Disconnects, & Innovations.
.- Climate Change and Displacement: Emerging ICT Innovations from the World's Largest Refugee Camp.
.- Digital Mental Health in Humanitarian Crisis in Bangladesh.
.- Using AI to Support Home Language Education in Conflict Zones:  Lessons Learned.
.- Research in Indigenous African Languages.
.- A Pilot Mobile App to Collect South African Child Language Data.
.- Exploring the Digital Readiness of Underprivileged Secondary Schools in South Africa.
.- Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment: Imperatives for ICT4D Research.
.- Smart Collaborations & Crowdsourcing.
.- Smart City for Civic Participation: A Conceptual Framework.
.- Unveiling the Smart Vision Emerging in ICT-enabled Rural Development.
.- Technology & Social Justice.
.- A Social Justice Analysis of an African Open Science Initiative.
.- Understanding the Role of Library Anxiety and Attitude as Determinants of Intention to Use a Digital Library System.