"It has really affected me a lot in my studies. I have no money to buy data and I don't have a personal laptop to study online and keep up like what others are doing," said Mapuranga, who lives with his mother in Chitungwiza, a sprawling working-class area southeast of Harare, the capital.
Mapuranga ubana na nyina ati: "Mu by'ukuri byangizeho ingaruka cyane mu masomo yanjye. Nta mafaranga mfite yo gukurikirana amakuru kuko nta mudasobwa igendanwa mfite ngo mbashe kwiga nkoresheje interineti kandi ngo mbashe kugendana n'abandi.  Chitungwiza, ni agace kagizwe n'abakozi-bakorera mu majyepfo y'uburasirazuba bwa Harare mu murwa mukuru.