The issue focused on the study of science in Africa, and research studies that included researchers from scientific institutions in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Gabon, Sudan, Central African Republic, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Cote d'Ivoire