"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. 
"Izi zandisokoneza kwambili paphunziro anga ndithu. Ndilibe ndalama zogulira mayunitsi a pa intaneti(data) komanso ndilibe laptop yangayanga kuti ndikwanitse kuphunzira nawo pa intaneti ndikupitiliza kuphunzira monga azanga akuchitira.," anatero Mapuranga, amene amakhala ndi mai ake ku Chitungwiza, dera lomwe lili ndi anthu ambili odalira maganyu kummawa kwa ku mwera kwa Harare, likulu la dzikoli.