Sandesh Bhugaloo (1975) is a web producer at the Africa Desk of Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW). He is part of a team in charge of maintaining the English Africa website, both in content and form.

At the age of 25, he left his native island, Mauritius, to go study Photography in South Africa. Bitten by the African bug, he lived 6 years on the continent. Besides photography, he also worked as  cameraman and graphic designer for various NGO's and production companies. His work took him from the shores of Cape Town to as far north as the deserts of Saudi Arabia.

A couple of years ago, Sandesh moved to the Netherlands to live with the love of his life. New continent, new country, new people, new language... new life. He published a book, Hollandse Nieuwe, about it, with a particular focus on the Inburgeringscursus (Dutch Integration course).

With no formal education in journalism, it is his passion for people and their stories that drives him everyday to keep learning about the trade.

Sandesh is fluent in both English and French, written and spoken. Dutch is a daily challenge he is more than happy to face.