South African student Kholofelo Mohale was over the moon as she moved back into her room at the University of the Witwatersrand after struggling with months of e-learning.
"Wits" shuttered its campus to prevent the spread of Covid-19, and students had to adapt almost overnight to online teaching, streamed lectures and taking tests at home.
"My parents are poor but they sold part of their seasonal harvest and bought me a smart phone," said Annet Karabo, a 28-year-old social science student at Uganda Christian University in the central district of Mukono.
In Cameroon, journalism student Floriane Wiltort said her big problem was lack of consistency and teaching materials in the course uploaded by her university, in the southern city of Douala.
Because of the poor connection, the education ministry waived fees for online learning and declared that missed coursework could be completed in person when the students were allowed to return.
