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She uses "we" whenever referring to Numbani and sometimes she struggles to refer to herself as being separate from it. The ever-growing seriousness to her demeanor is the way she embodies the glass and the trees and the concrete; all-cradling, all-supporting, but also witness to the darker parts of the hearts of those she protects.

Atlas News | February 21, 2017

Already one of the world's foremost centers of scientific discovery and exploration, Numbani has a brilliant new mind to add to its ranks: Efi Oladele. In the last year, she's built a resume of impressive achievements in robotics and artificial intelligence, but perhaps most remarkably is that she's done all of this by the age of eleven. Last month, she became the most recent recipient of the Adawe Foundation's prestigious "genius grant," in recognition of her many accomplishments. She is undoubtedly someone whose career will be watched with great interest.

For this week's "Spotlight on Numbani," we had the opportunity to catch up with Efi to learn more about her and her plans for the future.

I'd like to start off by congratulating you, Efi. This is a tremendous, well-deserved honor. How do you feel?

Amazing! I wasn't expecting it at all, so it was a big surprise. At first, I thought it was a joke—like one of my friends playing a trick on me. It's been a week now and it still doesn't seem real, but I'm very happy about it. Much better than winning the science fair.

How did you get into robots and artificial intelligence?

Well, I've always been interested. After my mom and dad got me my first robotics kit, I became obsessed with putting together little drones. When I started to get good at it, I tried to build robots to do my chores and help around the house. My parents think it's cheating… It's no fair! (laughs)

I want to create things that make our lives better. And someday, my dream is to build something that can keep us safe, like the new OR15s! I think that would be great.

It's amazing what you've been able to accomplish at your age! How do you do it?

I'm not sure how to answer that. I just do it! I guess I'm very lucky that my parents put up with it. Robots can be messy, you know. And expensive.

Speaking of which, do you have any plans for what you're going to do with your grant? New computer? College tuition?

Oh… I have an idea…

No hint?

Kings Row, London, one of players favorite hybrid maps and the location of the Uprising Event, is going to be getting an extension in Overwatch 2! I’m really excited because they also mentioned that other maps will be getting extension and while the Kings Row extension is cool and all, there are other maps that I think need it more, so this post is going to be about that.

Numbani, Africa: I think Numbani should be given an extension because out of all of the hybrid maps, I think it is one of the least fun to play, so adding an extra area would be really cool. I’m not sure where the extra section would be added on, maybe close to the second attackers spawn. 

Eichenwalde, Germany: Even though Eichenwalde is a really good map, and I feel like a lot of people like it, I think showing us more of the castle would be really cool. Currently, the payload goes down the yellow path, and I think that the payload should also be able to go down the the pink path. 

Dorado, Mexico: I like Dorado a lot and think that it should be extended because it is one of the best looking maps, in my opinion. So, I think that adding another area would be cool.  Currently, the payload goes down the yellow path, and I think that the payload should also be able to go down the the pink path.

I also think that NYC and Gothenburg will be around the same sizes as current maps that get extensions, based off of how large they look from what we saw during Blizzconline.  

Anyways, I think that the next post I’m going to make is going to be about Sojourn and her relationships with the old guard of Overwatch.