LEAD President Linda Masarira has pointed out that African leaders need to go back to the drawing board and map out strategies that work for Africa and that the systems used by European countries cannot work for Africa.

1)In as much as we had to combat the spread of #covid19 virus, the copy and paste #lockdown approach which most African countries adopted from Europe will destroy Afrika. People are starving with no hope of getting aid. The aftermath is now more scary than the virus itself. 

2) We made a mistake by adopting European methods to combat #coronavirus. I am truly concerned about the aftermath. We had to acknowledge our existing problems. The poverty, hunger and recession during the aftermath is what is going to kill Africans not the virus itself. @KDVAMBE 

3) African leaders need to restrategize and pay attention to our economic climate. We are not paying attention to our global financial positioning, we don’t have the economic standing that Europe has. We can’t afford to take care of our own people. #COVID2019 #CoronavirusPandemic 

4) I know that in Zimbabwe we dont even have a database of vulnerable people, where do we go from here? Ot is imperative for @OMpslsw to update us on how many vulnerable families they have fed so far & to enable the private sector and other political parties to crowdfund… 

5) and assist in feeding citizens who are hopeless and helpless because of the #lockdown. If we don’t wake up now and if our governments dont wake up we are doomed. There are simply no resources. If #coronavirus ends tomorrow, we no longer have money to keep children in… 

6) school and to feed ourselves. Where are we going to get funds to run public institutions eg hospitals, schools & tertiary institutions when our economy is at comatose stage? Our civilisation will collapse, very few of us will be privileged enough just to have an income. 

7) Many people who were still fortunately formally employed will be without jobs, there will be high levels of poverty, crime & prostitution in the aftermath. The state will collapse and people will become ungovernable, AFRICAN LEADERS NEED TO ACT NOW. 

8) We can’t wait to address our economy after the aftermath. For us to counter the aftermath we need to start acting now. We have to put systems in place that will help us survive after the aftermath. We need to emulate the example set by India, which is also largely an… 

9) informal economy like Zimbabwe. They have found ways to implement social distancing and hygiene at market places; thus preventing #COVID19 & continuing with informal economic activities. There is no need to antagonize vendors and to destroy foodstuffs that are already in…

10) in short supply. We urge our security sector to have a human heart and empathy during this trying time. Not everything should be dealt with heavy handedly. These vendors are also supplying essential foodstuffs & should be allowed to trade, with #COVID19 precautions in place

11) My greatest fear is we are destroying the very livelihoods of the people they are purporting to protect. Citizens are losing income, they are losing jobs and some are losing sanity. We a huge bomb drop on us immediately after this pandemic, which will also give the west an… 

12) excuse to control us because we have no capital whatsoever. We cant even stimulate our fiscas. This is our biggest problem. We need to act now and save Zimbabwe and our continent Mama Afrika. #TogetherWeCan rise after #COVID19 and make Zimbabwe an economic powerhouse.