With East Africa's vigorous support, Soga City had developed steadily over the past few years. Rapid growth was unlikely, however. Even now, the houses built by the East African government had not all been allocated; only three districts were full, and most of their residents were workers and service staff maintaining the city's operations.
But this was perfectly normal. East Africa had little fame in the international community. Researchers from various countries either chose employment in their own nations, sought refuge with the five great rogues—Britain, Germany, France, Austria, and Russia—or went to other European countries, or to the United States, that paradise for entrepreneurs.
Thus, by 1881, the researchers and experts Soga City had attracted had only just surpassed a thousand. Anyone with a university degree earned in Europe could be recruited by East Africa.
East Africa's overseas students were quite different. The East African student body had government-assigned quotas, which counted as taking a shortcut; whether they could truly become accomplished talents remained to be seen.
However, judging by East Africa's current level of science and technology, there was a strong chance that those who studied abroad would become the pillars of East Africa in the future.
This could be seen from the Far East Empire's overseas students. Their quota was far smaller than East Africa's, barely more than a fraction of it, yet it had still produced a great many outstanding talents. Naturally, this was from Ernst's perspective of his previous life.
Compared with Soga City's lukewarm talent recruitment program, four universities had already been established, bringing more life to the city.
Among them, East African National Power University drew the most attention. It was East Africa's only university whose strength could compare with other European universities.
This was mainly reflected in East African National Power University's