The present crisis of COVID-19 may have far reaching and direct bearing effect, impact and implications to African region, especially those economies which are facing disastrous crisis of COVID-19 in the region. Naturally the movement of goods and services are being drastically affected, resulting into unbearable effect on African region. Therefore, it is timely imperative and topical to ask the academic community, planners, policy makers and professionals across the world in general and African continent in particular to explore and examine the critical issues which are directly and indirectly related to the effect, impact and implications of COVID-19 on African region.

Guest Editor: Prof. Badar Alam Iqbal, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa