The Call for Papers for the 12th UNESCO Africa Engineering Week & 10th Africa Engineering Conference invites submissions of original, high-quality abstracts and papers from engineering practitioners, researchers, academics, professionals, policymakers, students, and innovators across Africa and globally. Papers must align with the conference theme and address at least one of the six strategic sub-themes.

Submission Attributes and Eligibility Selection Criteria Papers undergo peer review by at least two independent referees (based on precedents from prior UNESCO Africa Engineering Week events). Evaluation focuses on:

1. Originality: Submissions must represent original work not previously published or under consideration elsewhere.

2. Relevance: Content should directly contribute to advancing engineering solutions for inclusive growth, innovation, sustainability, and Africa’s unique developmental challenges.

3. Technical Quality: Papers should demonstrate sound methodology, clear objectives, significant results or insights, and practical or theoretical contributions to the field.

4. Format: Abstracts (typically 200 words) should include title, author(s) details, affiliation(s), and key focus. Full papers (following standard academic or ASRIC-style guidelines from prior editions) must be structured with introduction, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions.

5. Language: English (official conference language).

6. Presentation: Accepted papers will be selected for oral or poster presentation during technical sessions; one author per accepted paper qualifies for free registration (applicable to speakers and LOC members).

7. Target Audience Fit: Emphasis on work that fosters knowledge exchange, best practices, capacity building, gender equity, youth empowerment, and stakeholder collaboration.