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The Academy Science Publishers (ASP) was established as a joint venture between AAS and TWAS and as a semi-autonomous unit within AAS to publish important new knowledge in the context of the African situation.

ASP edits, typesets, designs, publishes, markets and distributes scholarly books at tertiary and research levels for use as university texts or reference books. ASP started and continues to publish the following journals.

DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION

Discovery and Innovation is a journal of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (formerly Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)). It is meant to focus attention on science and technology in Africa and the Developing World, emphasize progress in scientific research and issues that have a bearing on these two areas, as well as circumscribe science-driven development in general.  The founding fathers of AAS launched Discovery and Innovation in February 1989 as a joint effort by three organizations, namely, AAS, the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and TWAS, and described their intentions as follows:

D&I was intended to be in the genre of Science and Nature. It was also intended to meet a manifest need in Africa and the developing world; There were three major reasons for launching D&I. The first was that the well established international journals usually marginalized manuscripts detailing and discussing research results from Africa and other developing regions of the world, even though the work may meet the scientific standards and editorial rigor practiced by the rest of the international scientific community; Secondly, the many scientific journals published in Africa tended to be restricted to specific disciplinary areas, and this often limited their readership and economic viability; And, thirdly, there were few outlets in Africa for science and industrial policy debates that formed an appropriate framework for science-driven developments in Africa.

The objectives of the Journal are directly in line with the objectives of AAS. These are:-

• To serve as a communication and information medium among professionals in all disciplines of science, applied sciences, technology and innovation, policy makers, private sector, and the public at large;

• To communicate original research findings and to disseminate new ideas, inventions, etc., in all disciplines of the basic and applied sciences;

• To illustrate the applications of basic scientific principles to development; To pose problems and find solutions;

• To improve Africa’s capacity for management of research, development and public policy by publishing high quality papers that serve to bridge the gaps among natural, applied and social scientists, the productive sector and the government; and

• To provide information on, and support for, public awareness and understanding of science and technology, and to promote the development of a science culture in Africa.

Discovery and Innovation is published by an Editorial board that consists of an Executive Editor, three regional editors and at least five other members from various regions of Africa. One representative each from AAS and TWAS serve as ex-officio members of the Board

( see procedures of establishing the D&I editorial Board)

Current Members of D&I Editorial Board

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A magazine launched in 1987, with an international readership, including African university and institutional libraries. 

ASP also supported the initiation of the African Journal of Medical Practice and helped it grow to maturity after which it was handed over to its editor and publisher.

ASP publications give prominence to global issues to highlight and address the pressing socio-economic problems facing the world. These publications are unique in that although they have a developing world setting they do not lose sight of current development trends in the developed world. ASP specializes in tertiary scholarly publications including journals and periodicals of international repute, proceedings and monographs on cutting-edge topics, textbooks and reference books for undergraduate and postgraduate level students.

ASP is strategically placed to promote, market and distribute AAS publications since it is a joint venture of TWAS and AAS, which are both honorary Membership organizations of scholars from Africa and the developing world and have open access to these two networks. Over the years ASP has developed a mailing list of scholars and policy makers in different disciplines for the distribution of its publications, which cover all sciences, including the social sciences

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