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Digital Nomads: Africa enters the golden passport market as the world tightens rules
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What is left
The stored copy is an excerpt with '[…]' cuts; the full TechCabal article (https://techcabal.com/2026/02/14/more-african-countries-are-selling-citizenship/) is not stored and was not fetched (no web access in this pass), so any figures in the cut passages cannot be read.
What the document holds
Excerpt (CRAI republication, with '[…]' cuts) of TechCabal 14 Feb 2026 on African CBI programmes: São Tomé (launch price, 98 applications by nationality, first passports), Egypt (2019 minimum donation, visa-free and e-visa access), Sierra Leone fast-track scheme, Botswana planned programme, Nigeria bill; global industry estimates; St Kitts revenue share. This pass added: St Kitts 'once' 60-70% of government revenue (undated claim), MarketIntelo industry valuation 2024 and 2033 projection, 'at least 10,000' global applicants a year, 'over $20 billion' raised to 2022, Egypt e-visa access (about 41), São Tomé 'fewer than 100 applications in four months'. Not recorded: Botswana's planned USD 75,000-90,000 price (a plan with no programme row, already an event), 24 state assemblies needed for Nigeria's bill (procedure, not a programme number).
What it supports
17 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
11 numbers1 programme3 rules2 events
Numbers (11)
- Destinations reachable with an e-visa41 destinations2026-02 · TechCabal 2026Reported by othersEgypt · Citizenship through investment
- Visa-free destinations18 destinations2026-02 · TechCabal 2026Reported by othersEgypt · Citizenship through investment
- Applications received0–100 applicationsfirst four months (2025-08 onward) · TechCabal 2026Reported by othersSao Tome and Principe · Citizenship by investment or donation
- Applications received98 applications2025-08/2025-12 · TechCabal 2026Reported by othersSao Tome and Principe · Citizenship by investment or donation
- Applications receivedNationality: Russia22 applications2025-08/2025-12 · TechCabal 2026Reported by othersSao Tome and Principe · Citizenship by investment or donation
- Applications receivedNationality: China17 applications2025-08/2025-12 · TechCabal 2026Reported by othersSao Tome and Principe · Citizenship by investment or donation
- Applications receivedNationality: Germany15 applications2025-08/2025-12 · TechCabal 2026Reported by othersSao Tome and Principe · Citizenship by investment or donation
- Applications receivedNationality: India5 applications2025-08/2025-12 · TechCabal 2026Reported by othersSao Tome and Principe · Citizenship by investment or donation
- Applications receivedNationality: Nigeria4 applications2025-08/2025-12 · TechCabal 2026Reported by othersSao Tome and Principe · Citizenship by investment or donation
- Number of nationalities among applicants27 nationalities2025-08/2025-12 · TechCabal 2026Reported by othersSao Tome and Principe · Citizenship by investment or donation
- CBI share of government revenue60–70%undated (at some point before 2026) · TechCabal 2026ClaimSt Kitts and Nevis · Citizenship by investment programme
Rules and prices (3)
- Donationapplicant (minimum donation)USD 250,000Since 2019 · TechCabal 2026Egypt · Citizenship through investment
- Donationapplicant (price at launch)USD 90,000Since Aug 2025 · TechCabal 2026Sao Tome and Principe · Citizenship by investment or donation
- Minimum investment for any optionSierra Leone fast-track scheme (no programme row exists for Sierra Leone)USD 140,000Since Jan 2025 · TechCabal 2026Sierra Leone · GO-FOR-GOLD programme
6 more rows from this document are in the source data but not on this site: numbers we would have had to work out ourselves, figures a later correction replaced, or programmes outside these datasets.
About the document
What it covers Overview of African CBI: Egypt, São Tomé, Sierra Leone, Botswana (USD 75,000-90,000 planned), Nigeria (bill passed second reading, March 2025).
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