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I definitely looked up to
my dad when I was younger.

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To me, he felt like a superhero.

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He was the son of
a cocoa farmer.

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Education got him
out of his village

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to build a stable life
for him and his family.

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Holds the ball in the air.

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Nigeria has won the gold medal.

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Comcast was our first
provider, after we

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moved to the United States.

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Nigeria's dream team.

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--and one of my
favorite memories

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was watching Nigeria win gold
in the Olympics, in 1996.

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For us, it was a link
to being back home.

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Now, I work at Comcast
as part of the team that

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created our AI highlight
technology, which

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uses AI to detect the major
plays in a sports game--

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goals, penalties,
big plays, the things

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you don't want to
miss, giving millions

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of fans like my dad and
me new ways of catching up

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on their favorite sport.

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Something my dad tried
to instill within us,

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be inquisitive about the
things that you come across.

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That keeps driving me to
continually iterate and build

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a better product.

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