Software Outsourcing Company in Ethiopia

Flexible outsourcing models to scale your development capability: dedicated teams, staff augmentation or full-cycle delivery.

Smart Resourcing for Agile Software Delivery from Addis Ababa

360Ground is a software outsourcing company in Addis Ababa that helps you scale efficiently with skilled development teams tailored to your project. Build a dedicated team, extend your in-house capacity through staff augmentation, or outsource full-cycle development, with flexible, reliable engagement models that accelerate delivery and reduce overhead. Our 75+ specialists are employees, not freelancers, and already run live national platforms, providing dedicated technical staff for the Ministry of Innovation and Technology’s mGovernment apps and maintaining Dashen Bank’s Amole mPOS since 2018. Each engagement moves from discovery to team match, onboarding and sprints, in East Africa Time (UTC+3).
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Here are Some of the Specific Services We Offer

Dedicated Development Teams

Fully committed teams of developers, QA engineers and a delivery lead, aligned with your workflows, culture and goals, who work only on your product and report to you directly.

Staff Augmentation & Team Extension

Quickly fill talent gaps with experienced Ethiopian software developers and specialists who integrate seamlessly with your existing team and are managed day to day by your own leads.

Full-Cycle Software Outsourcing

End-to-end project delivery from planning, UI/UX design and development to testing, deployment and support, run by our own delivery lead, QA and DevOps against an agreed scope.

Offshore & Nearshore Development

Cost-effective dedicated nearshore teams in Addis Ababa working in UTC+3, with a near-full working-day overlap with Europe and the Gulf and round-the-clock productivity across time zones.

Managed Support & Maintenance Teams

Dedicated technical staff who keep live systems healthy after launch with monitoring, fixes, upgrades and new features, the model we run with 24/7 support on MInT's mGovernment platform.

Managed IT Services

Entrust your IT operations to a reliable partner focused on performance and uptime, with software, licences and hardware available from 360Ground on one contract.

Case Studies

Every project is a journey, and we measure success by the results our clients achieve. From MVPs that disrupt industries to enterprise solutions that scale globally, these stories show how we transform ideas into market-leading solutions.

Questions? Answers.

How much does a dedicated developer cost in Ethiopia?

It depends on the role and the model, so we quote a monthly rate per role in a written team plan. The main cost drivers are seniority, the technology stack, team size, contract length, any shifted working hours, and whether QA, DevOps and a delivery lead are included. A salary survey shows only part of the picture: our rate also covers employment costs, equipment, office, management and replacement if someone leaves. Rates in Ethiopia are generally well below those in Europe and the Gulf.
With staff augmentation, our engineers join your team and your managers direct their daily work, so you keep control of scope and priorities. With outsourcing, 360Ground takes responsibility for delivering an agreed result, running the project with our own delivery lead, QA and DevOps. A dedicated team sits between the two: a long-term team that works only for you, with our delivery management behind it. We help you choose based on how much in-house technical leadership you have.
After a discovery call we propose a team plan with roles and profiles, you interview the candidates, and a team typically starts within a few weeks of signing, depending on the skills needed. Our 75+ specialists are employees, not freelancers, so continuity is our job. If an engineer leaves or is not the right fit, we propose a replacement and arrange a handover overlap so your delivery keeps moving.
You do. Our contracts assign the intellectual property in the work you pay for to you, and the code is kept in your repositories and accounts from the start, so you always hold the current version. Any reusable 360Ground components, if used, are named in the contract with their licence terms. At the end of an engagement we hand over documentation and credentials, which avoids the lock-in that often comes with outsourced development.
Our teams are in Addis Ababa and work in East Africa Time (UTC+3), with no daylight saving. That gives most of a working day of overlap with Europe and the Gulf, and shifted hours can be agreed for US clients. Teams work in English and use your tools, such as Slack or Microsoft Teams and Jira, with daily stand-ups, sprint demos and written progress reports. You also get a named delivery lead as a single point of contact.
We sign your NDA before any detailed briefing, and our engineers are bound by confidentiality obligations. Access follows least privilege: accounts are created in your systems, tied to named people and removed at offboarding. Personal data processed in Ethiopia falls under the Personal Data Protection Proclamation No. 1321/2024. For government work we hold the accreditation ‘INSA — Accredited for government technology delivery’, and our teams already support live national platforms, including the Ministry of Innovation and Technology’s mGovernment apps.