18th edition · GMT (UTC+0)
AfricaCrypt 2027
International Conference on Cryptology and Information Security.
7–9 July 2027 | Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
The symposium is under way.
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About the symposium
A working meeting for the cryptology community
The 18th AfricaCrypt 2027 brings researchers and practitioners together for three days of talks on the theory and practice of cryptology and information security. The programme is single-track: everyone sees every talk, and the breaks are long enough to actually finish a conversation.
Submissions are peer-reviewed under a double-blind model. Accepted papers are presented in person and published in the proceedings. A two-day summer school for graduate students runs immediately before the main programme, at the same venue.
The symposium is organised by the Cryptology Research Society of Africa and is open to anyone working in, or moving into, the field — you do not need an accepted paper to attend.
- Organiser
- Cryptology Research Society of Africa
- Cooperation
- In cooperation with the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR)
- Proceedings
- Proceedings will be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).
- Venue
- Hôtel Palm Club, Abidjan
Key dates
Dates to plan around
Deadlines are 23:59 anywhere on Earth (AoE). The submission deadline is firm.
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Paper submission deadline
Extended once. This deadline is firm; no further extension will be granted.
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Author notification
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Camera-ready version
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Early-bird registration closes TBC
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Conference
7 – 9 July 2027, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
The full call for papers has the topic list, formatting rules and author instructions.
Keynotes
Five invited talks
One keynote opens or closes each half-day. Full biographies are on the speakers page.
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Nadia El-Mansouri
EPFL, Switzerland
Transparent Proofs at Scale: Where the Constants Actually Go
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Léa Fontaine
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Homomorphic Encryption Leaves the Lab: Lessons From Three Deployments
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Marcus Adeyemi
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Small Devices, Real Adversaries: The State of Lightweight Cryptanalysis
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Kenji Watanabe
NTT Research, Japan
Threshold Cryptography for the Rest of Us
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Priya Raghavan
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
After the Standardisation: Open Problems in Post-Quantum Cryptography
News
Latest announcements
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Submission deadline extended to 19 February
In response to several requests, the paper submission deadline has moved from 5 February to 19 February 2027. This is the final deadline and will not move again. The review timeline is unchanged.
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Five keynote speakers confirmed
We are delighted to announce the keynote line-up, spanning lattice-based cryptography, lightweight cryptanalysis, zero-knowledge proofs, threshold cryptography and post-quantum key exchange. See the Speakers page for talk titles and biographies.
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Summer School added before the main conference
A two-day hands-on summer school on applied cryptography will run on 6 and 7 July, at the same venue. Sixty places are available to graduate students and early-career researchers.
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Call for papers is open
The first edition of the symposium is now accepting submissions across all areas of cryptology and information security. Proceedings will appear in Springer LNCS.
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See you in Abidjan
7–9 July 2027. Registration is open now.