Alice Nabatanzi

Biography

Alice Norah Nabatanzi (born in 1988), is a Ugandan researcher and academic scientist at Makerere University.

Quotes

• I don't have those emotional stories. I did not face challenges as such
• in science you are dealing with facts. You prove them or dispute them, not the complicated stories of wars that happened before we were born.
• From Standard One, dad gave us over 100 mathematical numbers to solve every holiday. That is how we got used to mathematics.
• Finding scientific solutions to key problems affecting society like maternal and infant mortality; malnutrition among mothers, children and people living with HIV is the most beneficial research one can ever do.
  • Alice Nabatanzi during an interview about her path to her career

• The natural products industry in Africa has existed since time immemorial but we need to rethink how to make things better. When you go through Kampala streets, many people are packaging in polythene and others. So we need to rethink and find a way of getting away with this polythene and standardize our products.
  • [1] Her keynote address at the 1st Natural Products Industry Advancement Network Africa (NAPIANA) Symposium. 2022