The African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) indicates that 52 AU Member States had reported positive cases of COVID-19 as of 7 April 2020. Consequently, governments have rapidly put in place measures to control the spread of the pandemic. Some of these measures are not fully aligned with those of neighbouring countries which could have implications for containment of COVID-19, as well as food security across the region. In addition, many of these measures could have adverse implications in terms of agri- food value chains and flows especially for the poor and vulnerable populations.