Like a thief in the night, the COVID-19 epidemic has taken much from the world, and Africa is no exception. Lives were lost, and global economies lost much in income and the workforce. Many such economies have not recovered from the economic shocks even today. The devastation was particularly worse in Africa, where most economies are third-world economies relying on subsistence agriculture and raw material manufacturing. Most of the economies in the African continent do not process the mineral they produce, nor do they process their crops but instead export them with little value addition.In this Issue of the African Journal of Governance and Development, academics on the African continent reflect on various governance processes to make governments and their institutions more efficient. Effective governments will probably create resilient communities, and resilient communities ought to be prepared to survive pandemics and future crises.