A project management professional, Onyinye Igbokwe, has urged Nigerian youths to innovate their way to the top by engaging themselves in things that are fruitful.
Igbokwe who has rich experience in engineering, mining, interior architecture and building sectors, where she had worked either as part of a project team, led the business operations or strategically managed people to deliver on the organisation’s set objectives, also urged the youth to start to invest in ourselves rather than waiting for the government.
The Stanford trained professional and Founder of UJALI Limited was among transformational leaders at a 6-hour virtual conference attended by participants from Africa, Europe and other parts of the world, who addressed Nigerian youths. The conference was the 2nd-anniversary lecture of anaedooline.com with the theme, ‘The Place of Youth in Politics and Economy’.
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Other speakers at the annual lecture were Wole Soyinka, the first Nobel Laureate from Africa; Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State; Innocent Chukuwma, the CEO of Innoson Motors; Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Nonso Smart Okafor, a state legislator from Anambra State.
“Where do we go from here?” Igbokwe wondered in her presentation, adding, “We must create a platform that will allow entrepreneurs to thrive. We can build incubators where Venture Capitalists (VCs) can invest in ideas that are bankable, sustainable and viable,” she added.
She also spoke about a pioneer app from Ujali Limited called the Ujali Pro. According to her, this is an innovative digital platform that provides an adaptive marketplace where corporate organizations can connect with the best subject matter experts in the broad area of human capacity development.
The platform, she assured, was ready to bridge the gap in corporate learning by providing the medium that allows business schools to create tailored programmes for African businesses.
