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Open for submissionsAfriNLP

African Workshop on Natural Language Processing 2027

28–30 Apr 2027Benin City, Nigeria · HybridTimes in WAT (Africa/Lagos)
Submissions close in 55 days · 29 Dec 2026, 01:00 WAT

Call for papers

Dedicated to NLP research for African languages, covering low-resource language modeling and cross-lingual transfer.

Double-blind peer review, with 3 reviews per paper.

  • Full Paper
  • Short Paper
  • Poster
  • Abstract Only

Tracks and topics

01Natural Language Processing
  • Low-Resource Languages
  • Machine Translation
  • Sentiment Analysis
02Computational Linguistics
  • Morphological Analysis
  • Syntax Parsing
  • Corpus Linguistics
03Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • AI for Social Good

Important dates

  1. Call opens31 Aug 2026Done
  2. Registration closes30 Oct 2026, 01:00 WATDone
  3. Abstract submission closes29 Nov 2026, 01:00 WATIn 25 days
  4. Full paper due29 Dec 2026, 01:00 WATIn 55 days
  5. Author notification27 Feb 2027, 01:00 WATIn 115 days
  6. Camera-ready due29 Mar 2027, 01:00 WATIn 145 days
  7. Conference28–30 Apr 2027In 175 days

Fees

REGISTRATION
StudentDiscounted rate for full-time students with valid ID₦40,000
AcademicFor researchers and university faculty members₦120,000
Industry ProfessionalFor industry practitioners and professionals₦240,000
Virtual AttendeeRemote participation with full access to online sessions₦56,000

Paid online in naira. Receipts are emailed to you.

How to submit

  1. 1Create an accountOr log in if you already use ReviewChair.
  2. 2Submit your paper detailsAdd co-authors; each confirms by email.
  3. 3Upload the full paperAs a PDF up to 10 MB.
Submission guidelines

Full papers: up to 10 pages; short papers: up to 6 pages (IEEE double-column format, references excluded). Submissions must be anonymised for double-blind review.

Venue

Faculty of Engineering, University of BeninBenin City, Nigeria

Contact

Questions about submissions or registration:conferences+uniben@example.com