Going Dutch

摘要

EUROPEANS ARE keen users of the internet, but you would not know it looking at a list of the world's biggest companies peddling stuff and services online. The continent's failure to spawn an Amazon or Alibaba-the top 20 most valuable internet firms are either American or Chinese-has long been a blemish on Europe's collective self-esteem. That will soon change. On March 25th Naspers, a South African media group, announced it would spin off a company made up of its investments in tech firms and list it in Amsterdam. Europe, at last, will have a tech giant of its own.