The Tunga Blog
On our blog, we document our journey to unleash Africa's tech talent as a remote-first organization. Browse through our stories for reliable data on a wide range of topics, including software developer salaries, insights into the global staff augmentation market, and information about Africa as a source of offshore software development.
Tunga Opens Second Office in Africa: Lagos, Nig...
Tunga in Nigeria. Booming Lagos tech scene seeks alliance with global companies
Tunga COO: The Effect of Traffic in Lagos on Ou...
There are some things you think you know, but come to find out you didn’t really know until you’ve experienced them. One of these thing to me was the insane traffic in Lagos.
From Grocery Shop to Tech Career: The Story of ...
His mom owns and manages a grocery shop in Kampala, but the Ugandan Amos Walugembe had his heart set on a tech career. Then, in 2017 Tunga crossed his path.
Company Culture: How We Mimic Football Club Ajax
Our company culture is heavily inspired by football legend Johan Cruyff. So often we ask one simple question: what if we were Ajax?
Example of Cultural Relativism in Business: 3 A...
At Tunga we encounter examples of cultural relativism everyday. Here are three things that we have found to work over the years.
Well-designed User Research is a Big Success &#...
User research: how can you get the assurance that you are looking for, but maintain the flexibility needed for software development to actually work.
Niluk App Built by Tunga Devs: “A Match Made in...
Tunga has been working on the development of the Niluk app since the beginning of this year. Niluk is a mobile app to combat loneliness. Elena Köstler, the founder of Niluk, explains.
300 Remote Software Engineers: How We Manage Th...
“When you’re working with more than 300 developers across Africa, you spent a lot of time onboarding remote software engineers on different projects and for different clients.”
Outsourcing Insights by Tunga COO Reinier
“I thought this was the major downside of outsourcing; that you need face to face contact to truly understand each other. Guess I was wrong.” Insights by Tunga COO Reinier.