In collaboration with the CEAT (Communauté d’études pour l’aménagement du territoire), the African Cities Journal is calling for contributions to a symposium entitled "Youth, Digital Access and Urban Participation in the Global South" in order to strengthen scientific knowledge and inform public policy decisions.

This symposium aims to combine engineering and social science approaches to analyze digital access infrastructure and young people's appropriation practices in urban environments, particularly in secondary cities in the Global South. Discussions will draw on ongoing research in Senegal on digital access and usage among young people in Saint-Louis and Ziguinchor, two rapidly changing cities characterized by diverse digital service ecologies.

Proposals may fall within one or more of the following areas:

1. Measuring digital access;
2. Young people's digital practices;
3. Gender and inclusion;
4. Urban services and digital ecosystems;
5. Local digital governance and public policy.

Submission deadline: 31 January 2026