Background: Since the spread of Corona Virus Disease 19 most African countries have embarked on a system of either total or partial lockdown and have used it as a tool for curbing the spread of COVID-19. This study examines whether lockdown can be of help and whether it is any of the public health policies that can bring massive and tremendous change to health systems and general economy of African countries using it as a way of intervention to curb the spread of COVID-19. Method:The researchers reviewed some literature about world economies with Google as the main search tool. They also listened to press conferences, editorial reviews from the African Union, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the World Health Organization. Interviews were also done through phone calls, questions asked via emails to some of the world's leading epidemiologists, infectious disease specialists in the United States of America, Europe, Africa, and some of the listed countries in their work.Results: After a careful study and analysis of countries like Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan who did not really make lock down as a major measure in fighting the COVID-19 disease still saw a stable economy, a drastic containment of the pandemic, few deaths and more recoveries as compared to countries in Africa like south Africa which is the worst affected African country,