Every 18 months a conference is held to celebrate new research and excellence in graphics. AFRIGRAPH2009, the 6th International conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa, will be held near Pretoria in South Africa from the 4-6th of February 2009.

There is currently a call for participation in this event with a submission deadline of October 17th. See here: http://www.afrigraph.org/conference/AGCFP-2.pdf