For more on the African Orphan Crops Consortium see GigaBlog http://gigasciencejournal.com/blog/democratising-data-aocc/

The African eggplant is a good example of the work of the Africa Orphan Crop consortium and many of the authors are consortium members. You can read more on the first genomes released in GigaBlog here: http://gigasciencejournal.com/blog/democratising-data-aocc/