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CITIZENSHIP-BY-INVESTMENT
Citizenship by Investment
Top Options for South Africans
BY JEAN BROWN
I
f you are a South African seriously considering
your citizenship by investment opportunities
in another country, you’ll be interested to know
what your actual options might be. A recent Business
Tech article highlights that a growing number of
countries, looking to increase financial inflow to their
economies, are introducing citizenship by investment
programs to encourage high net worth individuals
(HNWIs) to make the move.
Top on the Business Tech list, based on the mid-
March rand exchange rate, are the Caribbean islands
of St Lucia, Dominica, St Kitts and Nevis, Antigua
and Barbuda and Grenada. Next up are Ireland,
Montenegro, Bulgaria, Turkey