Dr. Nataliey Bitature is a Ugandan entrepreneur and executive, currently serving as CEO of Energrow.
Nataliey Bitature is the Chief of Staff of Protea Hotel Naguru, Skyz. The hotel won an award for being the ‘Outstanding New Hotel of the Year’ during the annual Ekkula Tourism Awards that was held on March 29, 2019, at Sheraton Kampala Hotel.
Bitature was named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2015 and is the daughter of Patrick Bitature, one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in Uganda.
Bitature was born in 1989 to Patrick Bitature and Carol Bitature.
She earned her undergraduate degree in Business Management and Education Studies at Keele University from 2010- 2013.
In 2014, Bitature joined the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) for Emerging Leaders Programme which lasted four months and subsequently obtained a Master’s in Social Entrepreneurship at Hult International Business School (from 2015 – 2016).
Bitature worked as a Chief Business Development Officer at Tateru Properties, an intern in Investment Banking at Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited, Uganda and as a Business Development Associate Chapter Ten, Uganda.
From Mushrooms to Movement: How Maria Nakanwagi and the dfcu Rising Woman Initiative Are Redefining Ugandan EntrepreneurshipBitature, Keisuke Kubota and Manon Lavaud co-founded Musana Carts in San Francisco (Musana means ‘Sunlight’ in Luganda). The company provides street vendors with carts – a cleaner, safer and more efficient solution to their cooking, storage, and financing needs. The carts are solar-powered and support the use of a fridge and stove.
The main market is Ugandan street food traders, who are about 80% women according to Bitature. The street carts are equipped with a battery backup and light, so they can be used at night, and can also be used to charge mobile phones and power electronics that take mobile payments. Musana Carts has a relationship with Kampala Capital City Authority and all carts are pre-registered to legally operate within the city.
The company offers microfinancing services for those who cannot afford to buy a cart outright, as well as training on food processing and safety. Each cart costs about $400
Nataliey also co-founded two service businesses in Kampala; Tateru Properties offers real estate services, and Handymen Uganda helps connect customers with contracting services such as painting, plumbing, carpentry, electrical work, paving, landscaping, and metal works.
Bitature is the director of Project 500K, a youth empowerment programme that aims at helping young Ugandans become entrepreneurs.
The World Economic Forum named Bitature as one of the Top 5 African Innovators in 2016. Bitature was a top contender for a US $1 million prize in the Hultz prize competition. Nataliey was named among Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018. She also won a Young Achievers Award in 2018 for the Business category. Bitature holds both British and Ugandan citizenship.
