AFRICA’S GOVERNANCE RESPONSE TO COVID-19 | PRELIMINARY REPORT 2020 CONTENTS FOREWORD 3 PREFACE 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7 ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS 8 ABOUT THIS REPORT 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 12 SECTION 01 THE COVID -19 PANDEMIC AND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA 16 1.1 North Africa 22 1.2 Central Africa 23 1.3 West Africa 24 1.4 East Africa 26 1.5 Southern Africa 27 1.6 The Pandemic and Governance 29 1.7 Gendered Governance Response 30 SECTION 02 SPECIFIC NATIONAL LEVEL RESPONSE TO COVID-19 32 2.1 Legal and Institutional Mechanisms 33 2.2 Disease Prevention and Containment Measures 35 2.3 Social and Humanitarian Measures 41 2.4 Fiscal and Monetary Measures 43 2.5 Innovative Responses 44 10