Objective: To determine the facture structure of the HIVAntibody Testing Attitude Scale (HTAS) in an Africanpopulation.Method: 760 first-year African university students fromNigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe weresurveyed using the HIV Antibody Testing Attitude Scale.Factor structure was determined by using the principalcomponent analysis with varimax rotation.Results: Five components accounting for 51% of thetotal variance were identified. The first factor(eigenvalue: 5.11) accounted for 23.2% of the variancein the responses and contained items concerned withperceptions on trust and support about HIV antibodytesting, the second (eigenvalue: 2.19) 10% of thevariance included items that were largely related togeneral concerns about HIV antibody testing, the third(eigenvalue: 1.51) 6.9% of the variance and includeditems related to fears about HIV antibody testing, thefourth (eigenvalue: 1.11) 5% of the variance containeditems about concerns about the confidentiality of HIVantibody testing, and the fifth factor (eigenvalue: 1.01)accounted for 4.6% of the variance and reflected itemsabout friends’ concerns about HIV antibody testing.Conclusion: This study identified “friends’ concerns”,“confidentiality” and “general or public concerns”about HIV antibody testing like among US students(Boshamer & Bruce, 1999) but two major other factorsemerged as ‘trust and support’ and ‘fears’ about HIVantibody testing. Issues around support and fears arerelevant facilitators or barriers that are important foryouth among African populations.Key words: HIV antibody, factor structure, Africa