Joel Michoki and his wife Veronica who are founders of the Diaspora University Town (DUT) paid a courtesy call at the DUT site. The couple are Diaspora Kenyans of the Dallas, Texas metropolitan area that is stated as having with the most Diaspora Kenyans in the U.S. Welcoming them to DUT was Dan Kamau formerly of Worcester, MA. Dan relocated from the U.S to advance the project.
The couple were happy to be at the DUT site noting the progress made. Joel who joined DUT in 2015 and has progressively invested in the project and is developing townhouses as well as investing in Daktari Biotechnology Ltd and DUT Credit Ltd was happy to be at the site.
Dan who visited Dallas City a couple of times as he advanced what is today the DUT informed the couple that the Voi region reminds him of Dallas. He said his projection is that the Voi region could grow and become the second most populous region after Nairobi just like Dallas grew.
Dallas city had 600 people in 1860. Today it is the 9th most populous city in the U.S with 1.3 million people having surpassed other cities like Boston that had a population of 177,000 in 1860. The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metro area is the 4th most populous with 8 million after New York–Newark–Jersey City, 19 million, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, 12 million and the Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, 9 million.
Explaining why investing in Voi will make the highest return Dan narrated the story of how universities have progressed the growth of regions. Stanford University in Northern California is the anchor of Silicon Valley. Diaspora University will spearhead the growth of Voi.
Talking on how the U.S new settlements moved from Boston - New York City to the South and West Dan said that some of the reasons that the area will succeed in settlement is based on the fact that people like warm weather and once dams are built billions of liters of rain water can be harvested just like it is done in the U.S.
As a holder of a Doctorate in Divinity, Joel is also planning to become part of the Diaspora University faculty in the departments of humanity and arts.
