NatQuest Limited

26/05/2026

🌙✨ Eid Mubarak from all of us at NatQuest ✨🌙

To our valued clients, trusted partners, colleagues, and extended family — may this blessed Eid bring peace, prosperity, happiness, and renewed success to you and your loved ones.

Thank you for being part of our journey as we continue building innovative solutions through OpenTender.AI and the SCM Genius Network.

May this season inspire unity, gratitude, and new opportunities for collaboration and growth.

Eid Mubarak! 🌙🤝

— The NatQuest Team

26/05/2026

🌍 Happy Africa Day 2026 🌍

Today, we celebrate the strength, resilience, innovation, and limitless potential of Africa and its people.

At NatQuest, we remain committed to driving transformation through technology, collaboration, and sustainable solutions that empower businesses, institutions, and communities across the continent and beyond.

As Africa continues to shape the future through entrepreneurship, digital innovation, procurement excellence, and supply chain transformation, we are proud to be part of the journey towards a smarter, more connected, and prosperous future.

Together, let us continue to connect, collaborate, and prosper.

Happy Africa Day 2026 from all of us at NatQuest.

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01/05/2026

NatQuest is proud to be supporting the European Defence Tech Hub expansion into Nigeria 🇪🇺 → 🇳🇬 powered by Argus Robotics.

Time to accelerate defence innovation in Africa 🚀

Join us and 100+ hackers for the Nigeria Defence Tech Hackathon taking place from 24–26 July 2026 in Abuja 🇳🇬

This is more than a hackathon — it’s an opportunity to:
• Connect with leading defence innovators
• Meet potential co-founders
• Build solutions with real-world impact that could save lives

Participants will tackle challenges rooted in pressing defence and security needs — and you’re also encouraged to bring your own ideas to the table.

Throughout the event, you’ll receive hands-on guidance from seasoned mentors. Beyond the hackathon, selected projects will be supported towards real-world deployment 🚀

📅 Date: Friday 24 July (12:00) – Sunday 26 July (17:00)
📍 Location: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

At NatQuest, we are committed to driving innovation ecosystems that connect technology, expertise, and impact — from procurement transformation through platforms like OpenTender.AI to broader strategic initiatives across Africa and beyond

Register: https://luma.com/ndth-2026

30/04/2026

We’re proud to partner with i3L University on AI Literacy in Action: From PowerTalk to Practice—an initiative focused on turning AI knowledge into real-world application.

This competition empowers students to apply generative AI creatively and responsibly, bridging the gap between theory and practice.

A special thank you to Ali Alsayeh, our Head of AI, for his leadership in driving this collaboration forward.

At NatQuest, we remain committed to advancing practical AI adoption and building future-ready talent .

10/04/2026

We’re building the future of procurement — and we’re looking to collaborate

At NatQuest ™, we’re actively working with forward-thinking organisations to shape and deploy OpenTender.AI — our next-generation platform designed to transform how tenders are created, managed, and evaluated.
Procurement today is too often slowed by manual processes, fragmented data, and limited visibility. OpenTender.AI is designed to change that — bringing intelligence, automation, and transparency into every stage of the tendering lifecycle.

But we’re not building this in isolation.

We’re looking to work with:
🔹 Organisations ready to modernise their procurement function
🔹 Strategic partners who want to co-develop and pilot AI-driven tendering solutions
🔹 Industry leaders who see procurement as a source of competitive advantage
By collaborating, we can:
✔ Accelerate innovation in procurement
✔ Reduce cycle times and improve decision quality
✔ Create more transparent, data-driven supplier ecosystems
This is an opportunity to be part of something transformational — not just adopt it later.

📩 If you’re interested in exploring how we can work together on OpenTender.AI, let’s start a conversation.

Dr Salisu Uba, FCIPS Mohammed Ibrahim Jega Abraham Onoja Ali Alsayegh
Shakiru Diekola SALAU Ibrahim Labaran Ali, PFHEA, FCIPS

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20/03/2026

Eid Mubarak from all of us at NatQuest.

As Ramadan comes to a close, we reflect on a month of discipline, patience and purpose. We hope the lessons and values stay with us beyond this period.

Wishing you, your families and your communities peace, good health and continued blessings.

Eid Mubarak.

17/02/2026

Ramadan Mubarak from all of us at NatQuest ™

We extend our warm wishes to our colleagues, partners and communities observing this sacred month.

May this Ramadan bring peace, reflection, discipline and renewed purpose to you and your families.

Wishing every Muslim a blessed and peaceful Ramadan.

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13/02/2026

Last week, NatQuest was honoured to participate in the Kuwait Procurement Summit 2026, held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Kuwait, where our Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Dr Salisu Uba, FCIPS, delivered a keynote address and served as a panel member.

In his keynote presentation, “When Procurement Stops Thinking: AI and the Leadership Crisis in Digital Transformation,” Dr Uba addressed a critical issue facing the global procurement profession — the widening gap between technological capability and leadership readiness.

Drawing on NatQuest’s industry research and transformation work, he highlighted the emerging Digital Transformation Paradox: while organisations continue to invest in advanced digital tools, many fail to redefine decision-making models, governance structures, and value creation frameworks. As reflected in our recent analysis, the challenge is not technological scarcity, but a leadership vacuum in navigating AI adoption responsibly and strategically .

The keynote emphasised three core principles:
• AI transformation is fundamentally different from traditional digital transformation.
• Intelligent systems require human oversight, ethical governance, and strategic courage.
• Procurement leaders must redesign how decisions are made, not simply automate existing inefficiencies.

During the panel session on “The Future of Digital Procurement – Harnessing Technology for Smarter, Faster, and More Transparent Operations,” Dr Uba shared NatQuest’s practical experience in deploying AI-driven solutions that enhance transparency, reduce bias, and accelerate evaluation processes. These principles underpin OpenTender.AI, our purpose-built platform designed to streamline RFx management, automate compliance validation, and deliver measurable efficiency gains .

The discussions at the Summit reinforced a central message: the future of procurement will be shaped not merely by technology, but by leaders who understand how to govern and integrate intelligent systems responsibly.

We extend our sincere appreciation to the organisers, fellow speakers, and procurement leaders who contributed to a thoughtful and forward-looking dialogue.

At NatQuest, we remain committed to redefining procurement and supply chain management by connecting people, data, and intelligent systems to deliver sustainable strategic value.

31/01/2026

31/12/2025

From all of us at NatQuest ™ we wish you a prosperous, healthy, and happy 2026!

May the coming year bring you new opportunities and the courage to seize them. Thank you for being part of our journey.
Let’s make 2026 our best year yet. ✨