The Neopolitan Tech Experiment

Published: July 7, 2018, 2:30 a.m.

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Can tech entrepreneurs revitalise Southern Italy\\u2019s failing economy? Manuela Saragosa visits Naples \\u2013 which has seen a huge exodus of its talented young people \\u2013 to explore if a change of direction might be possible. She meets Neapolitans starting up high-tech businesses against the odds and explores why, rather surprisingly, in recent years the city has attracted significant foreign investment from big tech firms. What has been the city\\u2019s appeal? She also asks what the business reasons are for building a company in Naples rather than elsewhere. Can the benefits outweigh all the myriad problems?

Producer: Rosamund Jones

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