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Andile Masuku

Johannesburg, Sheffield, United Kingdom
As seen in: African Tech Round-Up, LinkedIn, BBC, MSN South Africa, MDPI, IOL News, Business Report, Cape Argus, Cape Times South Africa, Independent Online, Magzter Inc. and
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I am a writer, broadcaster and creative strategist based in Sheffield, UK.

Most of my time working in media is spent producing and presenting audio content— including the African Tech Roundup podcast and live broadcasts and storytelling podcasts for the BBC World Service. I also develop and execute content strategy and tactical media plays for leading companies and write widely-distributed opinion editorials which offer accessible African perspectives on the continent's eventful digital transfo…

Andile Masuku’s Journalist Portfolio

BBC News - Will Facebook's digital money be good for Africa?

BBC News - Will Facebook's digital money be good for Africa?

In our series of letters from African journalists, technology writer Andile Masuku looks at what the launch o…

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BBC Outlook - The rapper who woke up deaf

BBC Outlook - The rapper who woke up deaf

Dutch rapper Sor and his group, Black Acid, were rising rapidly through the Amsterdam music scene. They seeme…

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BBC Outlook - Fighting the apartheid my grandfather created

BBC Outlook - Fighting the apartheid my grandfather created

Wilhelm Verwoerd has spent most of his life wrestling with his surname and what it represents. His grandfathe…

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BBC Outlook - Flying my South African flag at the top of Everest

BBC Outlook - Flying my South African flag at the top of Everest

In May 2019 Saray Khumalo became the first black African woman to summit Everest. She defied those who didn't…

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BBC Outlook - Defying everyone who said I wouldn't run or drive

BBC Outlook - Defying everyone who said I wouldn't run or drive

Andile Masuku takes us to Johannesburg's Westcliff steps, where people love to get their workouts in by runni…

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BBC Outlook - A Syrian love story that started with a resume

BBC Outlook - A Syrian love story that started with a resume

When Syrian Tamim Kbarh did a call-out on social media offering to help people improve their curriculum vitae…

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Articles

OP-ED - He read the software off a Moon-mission computer. Now he's wary of the rush to skip the basics.

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By Andile Masuku
| African Tech Round-Up
It’s December 1972, in Pretoria, South Africa. Francois Rautenbach is seven, and his father wakes him in the dark to come and listen to the radio. The men they’re listening to are among the last who will ever walk on the Moon, though nobody listening knows that yet. The commentary is in English and so Francois, who only speaks Afrikaans, needs his father to translate things as they come.
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From Apollo’s computer to AI: the lifelong technology journey of Francois Rautenbach

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By Andile Masuku
| thenational.co.za
It’s December 1972, in Pretoria, South Africa. Francois Rautenbach is seven, and his father wakes him in the dark to come and listen to the radio. The men they’re listening to are among the last who will ever walk on the Moon, though nobody listening knows that yet. The commentary is in English and so Francois, who only speaks Afrikaans, needs his father to translate things as they come.
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From Apollo’s computer to AI: the lifelong technology journey of Francois Rautenbach

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By Andile Masuku
| Magzter Inc. Verified
Cape Times | September 01, 2026 IT’S DECEMBER 1972, in Pretoria, South Africa. Francois Rautenbach is seven, and his father wakes him in the dark to come and listen to the radio. The men they're listening to are among the last who will ever walk on the Moon, though nobody listening knows that yet. The commentary is in English and so Francois, who only speaks Afrikaans, needs his father to translate things as they come.
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Ask yourself often, "What if I'm wrong?"