  We studied the COVID-19 pandemic evolution in selected African countries. For
each country considered, we modeled simultaneously the data of the active,
recovered and death cases. In this study, we used a year of data since the
first cases were reported. We estimated the time-dependent basic reproduction
numbers, $R_0$, and the fractions of infected but unaffected populations, to
offer insights into containment and vaccine strategies in African countries. We
found that $R_0\leq 4$ at the start of the pandemic but has since fallen to
$R_0 \sim 1$. The unaffected fractions of the populations studied vary between
$1-10$\% of the recovered cases.
