Net Group

Entering a new market is not about speed. It is about consistency and trust.

On January 29, the German business season opened with a reception at the newly renovated Estonian Embassy in Berlin.

For NetGroup, it also marked an important milestone.
Our second active year in the German🇩🇪 market, supported by the Embassy’s continued openness, guidance, and ability to connect the right people.
We are grateful for that support.

And encouraged by the progress we see as partnerships take shape and conversations turn into real work. 🤝

Our CEO, Priit Kongo , recently shared the Estonian eGovernment experience with a German audience in a leading eGovernment e-magazine.

The perspective is shaped by practice.
NetGroup has partnered on multiple national initiatives, including eGov App📱, helping bring the e-state closer to citizens through real, working digital services.

And this was not presented as a distant success story.
But as proof of something concrete.
Government digitization can work.
If there is a will. And in Germany, there is.

The lesson from Estonia is not about size, culture, or exceptional technology.
It is about taking a first irreversible step.
Estonia did not start with perfect systems.

It started with a clear stance: digital is not an add-on to administration.
It is the administration.
Everything else followed: One identity. One digital entry point. Multiple public services.
Designed around life events, not ministries. 👶🏻🏫🏥🏡
From the citizen’s perspective, there is one digital front door, even when several authorities operate behind the scenes.

Priit’s full guest article:

Was Deutschland von Estland lernen kann (Bild: Alex Stemmer – stock.adobe.com) Wer in Estland ein Unternehmen gründet, erledigt das in weniger als 20 Minuten. Die Steuererklärung dauert fünf. Gerichtsdokumente werden digital unterzeichnet, Apothekenrezepte automatisch online verlängert. Was für Menschen in Deutschland vielerorts na...