Minimums will drop in the real estate investment and bank deposit options. After a slow start, the program approved 200 applicants last year.
The government will respect the ruling and is already “looking at another way to offer land and citizenship to investors,” said a spokesman.
The country believes placing its asset on a blockchain will transform the economy. The first asset to be sold with Sango Coin is citizenship.
NTL’s Ted McEwan explains why his firm picked a tiny country with barely a hundred millionaires as the base for its foray into the continent.
Despite the continent’s being home to a mere 0.5% of HNWIs globally, one in three large investment migration firms are making it their top priority.
Hany Mostafa Moawad has undertaken an extensive Q&A session with Egypt’s newly established citizenship by investment unit.
Kenya’s Investment Authority is drafting legal amendments that would permit a CIP. Its chairman says “there’s really no opposition to it.”
HNWI-population growth shows Kenya is on the path to creating large pools of potential clients. Now, all they need is awareness of RCBI.
Anatoliy Lyetayev offers three reasons you might think twice before sending the next email from a Nigerian prince to your spam folder.
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Judging by the number of top-flight RCBI firms that have entered the market over the last two years, Nigeria is Africa’s “next big thing”.
Rwanda becomes the fourth African country in two years to publicly consider plans for citizenship by investment.
South African HNWIs’ offshore real estate holdings are growing rapidly and 1 in 5 say they are selling their homes in order to emigrate.
Egypt is set to open the world’s 13th formal citizenship by investment program, with minimum investments starting at US$250,000.
30,000 millionaires, terrorism, a cash-economy, and trust issues: Nigeria’s investment migration market offers great challenges, but even greater potential.
No EU, no Schengen, and a relatively high price tag. Kenya hopes a CIP will help repay its debts. The notion is far-fetched, but not altogether ludicrous.
What had initially been a residency program with a path to citizenship is shaping up to become a bona fide CIP without the need for a residence period.
Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth of Mauritius – a country whose citizens enjoy visa-free access to Schengen, the UK, and