Last week marked an extraordinary milestone for Digital Nation as we celebrated our first ever birthday as a company and what a year it has been!
A year ago, our partners Üllar, Siim, and Taavi had a vision to create a company that could prove that any government, with the ambition and readiness to act, can become a digital leader and have a tremendous impact in just a few short years. They believed that by combining the experiences of Estonia, the world's first truly digital society, with the best practices from around the globe, a successful and future-proof digital society can emerge anywhere. With this mission in mind, Digital Nation was born!
Looking back on our first year, we're proud to say that Digital Nation has come a long way already - even if still only starting. We owe a big thank you to our amazing team who have been the driving force behind our success. From the initial spark of an idea in the heads of three founders, we've grown to a core team of 10 with offices in Tallinn and Nairobi. Along the way, we've also built a network of over 100 experts, 10+ advisory companies, and 10+ tech partners, which gives us the confidence to tackle any digital transformation challenge at every scale.
Second kudos goes – of course – to our clients who have entrusted us with their digital transformation journeys! In our first year we worked on 13 impactful projects, working with 10 clients across 6 countries and 3 international organisations. Plus, an uncountable amount of speaking gigs on different stages to build the likeminded coalition around the globe!
We have launched several client engagement models from quickhand assessment of digital readiness and roadmap creation to implementation support, expert-in-residence services on-site, and even hosted immersion tours in Estonia.
We have been focusing on the African and Middle East regions mainly. Why so? Well, our main driver is to contribute where we can have a real impact and in these parts of the world we have seen the most hunger for this so far.
As we are continuing our journey to our second year, let's take a glimpse into the future.
We are in the process of exploring new challenges, clients and partnerships - while taking our existing relationships to new heights. We are expanding our reach beyond the current regions, with plans to launch in another area soon this year. But shh, let's keep that under wraps until we make it official!
We are committed to growing our internal capabilities. As we don't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions, we will be continuing to develop our own unique offerings to provide maximum value and deliver the highest impact for our clients.
If you want to hear more or discuss how you can benefit from our expertise in building future-ready digital societies – drop a line and let’s have a chat!
