Can You Really Live in Egypt on $1,000 a Month?
If you ask most people what they think about before moving to a new country—or even before spending a long holiday there—the cost of living is usually near the top…
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Africa
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The ultimate guide to relocating to Africa.
Our team of global experts offer advice on how taxes, immigration law, finances, real estate, and healthcare really work in African countries.
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Why Serious Investors Are Looking at Zanzibar’s North Coast
There are very few moments in any emerging market when the timing, the product, the team, and the price point all align in the same place at the same time,…
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Looking Up: How One Entrepreneur Is Reimagining Tourism in Zanzibar
British entrepreneur Christopher Nash arrived in Zanzibar in 2021 having spent a year and a half staring at a bedroom wall. Like much of the world, he had been working…
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Trading Morocco for the UK to Be a Mom
On December 31st 2025, I was the most content I’d ever been. I’d spent many New Year’s Eves alone, ruminating over a glass of wine about the year ahead, as…
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Is Morocco the Next Great Plan B for Global Expats? What Buyers Should Know in 2026
Something shifted in the way globally mobile people think about where to live. It was already happening before 2020, but the years since have accelerated it considerably. Retirees, remote workers,…
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Zanzibar as the New Ritual Escape
The first thing you notice about Zanzibar is the light. Not the harsh, blinding kind that flattens a landscape, but something softer and more cinematic. In the early mornings, it…
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Egypt Is Building an Ultra-Modern Capital Outside Cairo: Will It Work?
Checked and current, 10 September 2026. Two of the numbers below need correcting and one comparison is simply the wrong way round. The new capital is not “nearly twice the…
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A Destination Guide for Moving to Morocco
Checked and current, 10 September 2026. The monthly costs below are high, in some cases by roughly double, and they make Morocco look far more expensive than it is. We…
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Egypt’s Property Investment Blueprint
A Country in Motion On the eastern edge of Cairo shortly after sunrise, the city reveals a different kind of morning. Early light moves slowly across the desert, touching newly…
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Inside Stone Town, Zanzibar’s Cultural Heart
Rain is pattering the windows; hardening splashes that threaten a tropical downpour. Sliding open the balcony door, I peer onto the white-and-yellow storefronts below: vendors are already sheltering in doorways.…
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