Estonia's 'E-Ambassador' on Smart Solutions for Citizens

Published: June 6, 2018, 6:50 p.m.

Estonians are looking pretty smart these days.

With 88 percent fast broadband penetration helping to fuel smart lighting, smart traffic, smart buildings and smart just about everything - they are setting what Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo called the gold standard for digital transformation in the public sector.

But it's Estonia's secure, super-streamlined e-government solutions that are really getting noticed. This in a country that struggled to emerge from Soviet-era inefficiency in the 1990s.

In this podcast, Connected Futures executive editor Kevin Delaney chats with Anna Piperal, Estonia's "e-ambassador" - about a digital success story that continues to inspire the world.