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Exporting Silicon Valley

We take a look at the fortunes of Silicon Valley's tech giants, and find out how tech entrepreneurs are taking inspiration in places like Ghana. Rory Cellan-Jones presents.

The 麻豆社's Dave Lee in California assesses the changing fortunes of Silicon Valley's tech giants and Nolan Bushnell, the legendary founder of Atari, explains why he's getting back into computer games. Ed Butler reports on Ghana's tech start-up scene and Leah Busque from TaskRabbit explains why the struggles of some gig economy companies might turn out to be a good thing. Special guest Gerard Grech from Tech City UK joins Rory Cellan-Jones in the studio to give his views on what makes a successful tech start-up hub.

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Sat 30 Apr 2016 08:06GMT
麻豆社 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only

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