The African Association of Physiological Sciences (AAPS) is committed to developing the capacity of basic medical scientists in the African continent, to disseminate the latest development in physiological sciences and to promote the advancement of African physiological sciences.

The society hosts congresses every fourth year, and participates in international physiological meetings.

The African Association of Physiological Sciences (AAPS) was inaugurated in Kuopio, Finland on July 8, 1989.

The association was officially launched in 1992 at its first conference in Nairobi Kenya. AAPS was elected as a Regional member of IUPS in 1993 together with FEPS.