Empowering Women Through Social Entrepreneurship with Nataliey Bitature

Nataliey Bitature is the Chief of Staff at The Simba Group, and the founder of Musana Carts, a social enterprise building solar-powered street food vending carts and HER an online mentorship platform with over 3000 young African women.

 

She has been recognised by Forbes 30 Under 30, The World Bank, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and World Economic Forum as a business leader and innovator.

 

Passionate about learning, Nataliey has multiple executive education certifications from the Harvard Kennedy School, a Master's in Social Entrepreneurship with a specialization in Project Management from Hult University in San Francisco and received her undergraduate degree and Honorary Doctorate in Business and Innovation from Keele University, UK.

 

Nataliey recently joined the Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Global Impact for Businesswomen, Entrepreneurs and professionals as a council member (WICCI). She has been appointed as a board of directors of both Uganda Property Holdings Ltd (UPHL) and the Makerere Innovation and Incubation Centre. She is also a board member for the Quiin Abenakyo Foundation, Start-Up Hub, Capital Solutions Social Innovation Fund, Save the Children Africa Advisory Board and their Women’s Network.

 

In this 🎙️ episode, you will learn:

✨ What informed Nataliey’s decision to get into social entrepreneurship and her experience running Masana Carts and HER.
✨ How she balances between fulfilling her personal dreams and running her family business.
✨ Her experience and challenges faced as a 2nd generation entrepreneur and working with her parents, and advice to parents who would like their children to join them in their businesses.
✨ Her thoughts on female entrepreneurship & leadership in Uganda and East Africa.