The COVID-19 crisis erupted as a global health pandemic that has been spreading at an unprecedented rate across the world. So far, African countries have not been as badly affected as some of the countries in Europe, but signs are that community spread is still on the rise in most countries. There is therefore much uncertainty as to how this pandemic will play out in Africa and what its impacts might be. Currently health, food, water, economies, livelihoods, and education systems are heavily impacted by the rapid lockdown strategies implemented by governments to curtail the spread of the pandemic. While results have been good in terms of flattening the curve and containing spread (at least initially), much uncertainty remains as to how to respond to and deal with the ‘fall out’ of the pandemic in terms of the intersecting concerns.