An Estonian company will help develop the Saudi Arabian digital residency program, a government-verified digital identity that provides access to a country’s digital infrastructure and business environment. The new business agreement is part of a rising digital governance exchange between the Northeastern European country and the Gulf state. A deal for developing the Saudi mResidency program was signed last week between Estonian digital identity company B.EST Solutions and Professional Solutions, a Saudi firm focused on digital products. The partnership will focus on implementing mobile identity solutions to support secure cross-border services The virtual government-verified identification project was created to attract global talent and investment, according to an announcement. B.EST Solutions’ m-Residency product was first implemented in 2020 in Azerbaijan. The scheme is a counterpart to Estonia’s E-Residency which has been online since 2014, giving entrepreneurs remote access to the country’s expansive digital infrastructure – since January, 100 percent of Estonia’s digital government services have been available online. The agreement was signed during the LEAP 2025 technology conference in Riyadh which welcomed an Estonian business delegation led by the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITL). “Estonia’s ICT sector has long been at the forefront of secure digital services, […]
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