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Having built a digital state and e-government over the decades, made 99% of public services accessible to all its residents and companies, Estonia is well prepared to move on in the new, post-corona-reality in full sail. Here is the latest business and investment news from Estonia.

Invest in Estonia is using a specialised web solution to enable potential investors to organise business visits to Estonia without the investing companies’ team members being here physically.

Estonia’s Information System Authority reported in its yearbook that it is hoping to make voting via mobile devices or ‘m-voting’ available to the public already in 2021 and start providing a state authorisation service that will enable people to share their data with third parties, such as private companies, in a secure way.

How can AI help us through this crisis? How did Estonia become the frontrunner in leading the digital way out of it? In April, the German and Estonian experts from public and private sector had the discussion, organized by ARIC, on how to hack the future and use AI to our advantage.

The success of Estonia in the IT field and the reputation of the e-government have given us a unique opportunity to be a leader in this crisis. Hackathons could give rise to tens of millions of extra euros to our exports and the GDP, writes Viljar Lubi, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications.

City Nation Place took a look at possible scenarios and solutions for investment promotion agencies after the COVID-19 situation and concluded that Estonia could be seen as an example for digital innovation in FDI, with multiple innovative solutions already working.

Over 12,000 people from almost 100 countries have put together their ideas and strengths to figure out, how to make this world safe again. The Global Hack has shown how Estonia is becoming an accelerator for businesses of the future.

While the country is still in self-quarantine, Estonia’s government, citizens and businesses are fighting side-by-side to reduce the predicted and tangible economic effects of the COVID-19 crisis. Here are 10+ steps already taken or currently being implemented, cooperation being the key to every single one of them. New measures and details on existing ones will be added to the list as they are published.