The Enugu State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Peter Mbah has charged the youth to think of how they can use technology to disrupt their environment through innovation, and never-ending-learning thought processes that will lead to the desired change in the society.
Mbah said this while delivering a keynote address at a technology and entrepreneurship summit tagged: ‘Enugu Tech and Entrepreneurial Summit 2022’’
He stressed that the growth of any country, business, or economy could only be enabled and driven by the optimal utilization of technology.
Speaking on the theme: “Tech Inspired: The Role of Leadership in Entrepreneurship Success” the Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Oil and Gas Ltd, said that technology plays a pivotal role in the economic self-emancipation of the youth.
Mbah charged them to think outside the box by making use of the opportunities presented by the summit to redefine their environment.
His address which he said was practically designed to spark off the hidden technological entrepreneurship in the youths focused on how they could play leadership roles in their respective fields of endeavour.
While looking at leadership from two perspectives which he called, market or strategic leadership and organisational or business leadership, Mbah said the two of them required innovation to achieve.
According to him, the role of Innovation in market leadership can not be underestimated as it allows people to propel their businesses by displacing other already existing market shares.
He pointed out that innovation was all about creating and capturing values that would serve society.
He told the young people that innovation could occur by way of routine, incremental, or radical means which he also called disruptive innovation.
Disruptive innovation, Mbah insisted, should be in the interest of every youth that is planning to go into an already established market. This he said entailed doing things differently from the convention and market norms.
“You can innovate through technology by disrupting a business module and doing things remarkably differently from others. The story of the city taxi where people had to wait on the street to flag down a taxi, and Uber where people could comfortably order a taxi via their mobile phones is an examples of innovation. Some young people thought out how to make life easier for the world, thought outside the box and created a platform called Uber.
“Therefore, taking the leadership position in the marketplace requires being technologically compliant. If you’re already in a crowded or established market and you want to play a leadership role, then you must embark on disruptive innovation,” Mbah further said.
