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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 Times South Africa, Independent Online, Cape Argus, Daily News and
Hubby: @MasukuSithabiso | Journo: @africanroundup @busrep Future in the Humanities | Community: @bmwfoundation @54collective_vc @jamlabafrica | Strategist 🇿🇼

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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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OP-ED - Two readings on the same deal... a second look at Aboyeji's big week

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By Andile Masuku
| African Tech Round-Up
A few weeks ago I clocked Iyinoluwa Aboyeji's big week, and the Africa Finance Corporation's (AFC) part in it, as a sovereignty moment prone to awkward oversimplification. Aboyeji read it differently. In the LinkedIn comments he said he wasn't sure I had it right, and pointed me to a 25-minute fireside chat with Tage Kene-Okafor at Accelerate Africa's AA4 Demo Day on 30 May 2026. So I watched it.
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Pencil, not pen: reading Iyinoluwa Aboyeji's big week again

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By Andile Masuku
| Magzter Inc. Verified
Cape Times | July 07, 2026 A FEW weeks ago I clocked Iyinoluwa Aboyeji’s big week, and the Africa Finance Corporation's (AFC) part in it, as a sovereignty moment prone to awkward oversimplification. Aboyeji read it differently. In the LinkedIn comments he said he wasn't sure I had it right, and pointed me to a 25-minute fireside chat with Tage Kene-Okafor at Accelerate Africa’s AA4 Demo Day on 30 May 2026. So I watched it.
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OP-ED - Inside the 'money room': global health funders on who capital still can't see

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By Andile Masuku
| African Tech Round-Up
It was the last session before lunch at the International Federation of Health Plans (iFHP) Biennial Conference in London last Tuesday, and the room was packed and expectant. The iFHP gathers over eighty-five insurers and funders operating in more than forty markets and covering some 250 million people between them. African membership includes Discovery, GEMS, Medscheme and Momentum in South Africa; CIMAS and Bonvie in Zimbabwe; Leadway Health in Nigeria; Bomaid in Botswana.
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