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FairTrade Software: How Our Story Took Off in the Dutch Media

Posted on March 5, 2019 - 12:00 am by
FairTrade Software: How Our Story Took Off in the Dutch Media

Het Parool was the first Dutch media outlet to write about Tunga this year in a piece about FairTrade Software. It was soon picked up by others.

Women in Tech: Start of Female Coding Course in Uganda – Tunga

Posted on February 20, 2019 - 12:00 am by
Women in tech coding class at Tunga

Globally 17% of software engineers are women. In Africa this percentage is 2%. Tunga starts “women in tech” coding classes to increase this.

Reinier van Scherpenzeel New Operations Director at Tunga

Posted on February 6, 2019 - 12:00 am by
Reinier van Scherpenzeel New Operations Director at Tunga

Since january 2019 this year Reinier van Scherpenzeel (32) is based in Kampala as our new Operations Director.

Outsourcing to Africa: The Last Untapped Tech Talent Pool

Posted on January 21, 2019 - 12:00 am by
Outsourcing to Africa - interview in Het Parool

Interview with Ernesto Spruyt and David Semakula of Tunga. They talk about pioneering the development of outsourcing to Africa.

Advanced Female Coding Classes Started by Tunga

Posted on January 3, 2019 - 12:00 am by
Video: Advanced Female Coding Classes Started by Tunga

We are proud to announce that together with Kampabits we are providing an advanced coding course to 15 girls. Our goal is to promote diversity within Tunga and in the tech ecosystem.

Why Tunga is Important According to CTO David Semakula

Posted on November 5, 2018 - 12:00 am by
Video: Why Tunga is Important According to CTO David Semakula

David, CTO at Tunga, explains that the local market in Uganda doesn’t offer modern technology and doesn’t apply to the skills of African developers.

African IT Talent: Startup Tunga Founded to Give Them a Podium

Posted on October 16, 2018 - 12:00 am by
African IT Talent: Startup Tunga Founded to Give Them a Podium

Tunga founder Ernesto Spruyt was interviewed by BNR on how and why his startup aims to give a podium to African tech talent.

Tunga Meets an Investor and CTO David About his Role

Posted on July 6, 2018 - 12:00 am by
Video: Tunga Meets an Investor and CTO David About his Role

In the latest episode of our video series (4m) Ernesto visits Kampala to meet an investor. And David explains what it is like to be CTO of Tunga.

Challenges and Opportunities in the IT sector of East Africa

Posted on June 12, 2018 - 12:00 am by
Challenges and Opportunities in the IT sector

Tunga has started a series of short vlogs to illustrate our adventures in Europe and Africa. In this edition: our recap of the East Africa Business Dialogue hosted by the Dutch government.

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