[1][2] She is the founder of Natural Products Industry Advancement Network Africa (NAPIANA).
[3] In February 2023, she won the "Best Innovator Award" at the "Appropriate Technologies Expo", in recognition of the sustainable water purification system that was invented by the university team that she leads.
UGX:200 million at that time), by the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), based in Trieste, Italy.
The award is intended to "support Dr Nabatanzi to maintain scientific research at high international standards and attract scholars from all over the world to collaborate".
[9][10] The fellowship was also funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, under the Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE), active from 2008 until 2017, in the African Natural Products Network Section (Rise-Afnet).