The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a substantial and sharp decline in growth and employment of service sector in Africa in 2020. The service sector in Africa，especially tourism and air transport，has suffered heavy losses. However，emerging industries such as communications，computer and information services have developed rapidly in response to the huge demand generated by the epidemic，injecting vitality and hope into Africa’s service industry. The successful development and promotion of COVID-19 vaccine has brought hope to the recovery of Africa’s service industry，but the recovery prospect of Africa’s service industry is still uncertain because of the long vaccination time and the possible influence of virus variation. The epidemic has also had a negative impact on China-Africa service industry cooperation，but with the joint efforts of both sides，China-Africa service industry cooperation has remained good momentum during the epidemic. In order to promote sustainable cooperation in the service sector between the both sides，China should try its best to help African countries return to work and production as soon as possible and realize deep and mutually beneficial cooperation in the service sector such as health care and the digital economy.