India has announced plans to offer 7,500 e-learning scholarships to students from Africa.

The scholarships will allow African students to remotely study Indian university courses.

The scheme is part of the Pan-African e-Network Project, launched in 2009, as a way to boost access to Indian courses in Africa.

In the first phase five Indian universities in association with five of their counterparts in Egypt, Cameroon, Malawi, Uganda and Ghana will offer e-learning on tailor-made modules