Rwanda 'built 22,000 classrooms in 2020 to achieve social distancing'

Rwanda.

In 2020, Rwanda built more than 22,000 classrooms so that students can learn safely while observing social-distancing. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

At the end of 2019, Rwandan President Paul Kagame was in a jovial mood when he presented the state of the nation address.

“2019 has been a good year for us, and my hope is that 2020 will be even better,” he said, his optimism informed by an economic boom then.