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The agreement with the African Union more broadly concerns e-governance cooperation, whereas the agreement with Mauritius concentrates more specifically on the creation of a regional e-governance training module.

Prime Minister Jüri Ratas spoke about e-Estonia and the benefits of being an e-country brings for Estonia at Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, inviting all the innovators to come build and try your new ideas and tech in Estonia.

The government is planning an excise reduction for large energy consumers and hopes new investments from the incentive.

Today, Telecommunications Directors from 25 EU member states gathered in Tallinn to agree on a more detailed timetable and steps for developing the 5G network in the European Union. The 5G network will allow both people and devices to communicate with more data and faster in the near future.

The head of Estonian Investment Agency Allan Selirand said that Estonia is aiming at investors who need skilled people, good infrastructure or can use the advantage of Estonia’s geographical position.

Researchers at the University of Tartu have developed a smart cancer treatment that is based on a novel carrier peptide which, when injected into blood vessels, seeks out cancer cells and leaves healthy tissue undamaged.

Prime Minister Jüri Ratas expressed his gratitude to Finnish entrepreneurs who have greatly invested in Estonia over the years. “Finland is the main economic partner of Estonia with the help of whom Estonian economy has been able to develop and open up to the global economy over the past 26 years,” Prime Minister Ratas said at the meeting with foreign investors in Helsinki in the evening.

According to Prime Minister Jüri Ratas, Estonia has unique chances in smart production, robotics, building the factories of the future and Industry 4.0 practices.