Fanaka – a handbook for African success in the international software industry (opens in new tab)

Despite the title, I found most of the advice to be just as useful to me from the other side of the pond.

In particular something that I've been struggling with, that I didn't know how to phrase before, is this idea of simultaneously having to fit in and stand out. [1] That's hard because they kind of seem like mutually exclusive concepts at first and it can really depend on the company whether is something unique in a good way or a bad way.

[1] https://fanaka.readthedocs.io/standing-out/

I was in Tunisia a couple of years back and kept thinking that they have so much potential going on on the software side of things, but they are mainly locked to be the out-source of french companies due to their almost universal lack of English skills... they have some amazing work spaces and very talented people...

At first I though this was about international tech companies targeting the African consumer market, but it’s actually about helping African tech workers work successfully in international tech companies