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Community health workers (CHWs) are the lowest-level health cadre who serve at the community level to promote health and prevent and control diseases, particularly in underserved hard-to-reach populations. CHWs are an essential component of care and the first point of contact with the primary healthcare (PHC) systems that bridge the community with the higher levels of the health system. CHWs have played crucial roles in strengthening PHC and responding to public health emergencies (PHEs) in Africa. 1 2 However, CHW programmes have been affected by multipronged programme and operational challenges, mainly emanating from poor governance and coordination systems, a lack of sustainable funding and siloed and fragmented approaches of various stakeholders.3 4 There is a dire need to harmonise efforts and coordination mechanisms to ensure the scalability and sustainability of CHW programmes in Africa. According to the WHO data, there were about 1 million CHWs in Africa, just half of the number required to meet the African Heads of State and Government target of 2 million CHWs in Africa.5 This reality underscores the need for concerted and coordinated efforts from all the stakeholders involved with the design and implementation of CHW programmes, working together as one team, around one plan with one budget and one monitoring and evaluation framework.