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A woman preparing vegan food at a stall with a sign reading "Africa Vegan Restaurant Week." The table is filled with various dishes, vegetables, and ingredients, and there are potted plants and containers around her.
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Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week

The Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week is the world’s first pan-Africa-wide plant-based campaign. Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week amplifies the plant-based food justice movement across Africa by increasing accessibility for healthy, convenient, plant-based options, and replacing animal products with healthy, sustainable, plant-based restaurant meals, while also bringing widespread awareness to veganism and healthy eating.

The Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week is an annual Africa-wide campaign and week-long celebration simultaneously coordinated by organizations across multiple African countries. All participants simultaneously launch the campaign in their own country, creating an Africa-wide effort to increase accessibility to healthy, plant-based food options and encourage restaurants to adopt vegan menus.  

Join the Thrive Africa Accelerator to gain the skills necessary to launch the campaign in your country and be a part of this world’s first initiative!

Since the inaugural 2023 launch, the annual Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week has had over 40 participating organizations in 11+ African countries, with 100+ participating restaurants and reaching over 5 million people with the nutritious, plant-based message through wide-spread domestic and international media attention. We expect each year to double in reach, join us to be a part of this important initiative! 

To participate in the next Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week, join the Thrive Africa Accelerator here, where you’ll join a cohort of advocates and be informed of next campaign and other opportunities. The next restaurant week is planned for mid-2025.

Contact africa@thrivephilanthropy.org to learn more.

Thrive Grantee: Podrska Foundation, Uganda

NUMBERS TO DATE

   11+   

Participating 
Countries

   5M+   

PEOPLE 
REACHED

   40+   

Participating Organizations

   100+   

Participating Restaurants

   ~100+   

Restaurants replacing animal dishes with plant-based

   40+   

media 
mentions
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Three people holding vegetables in front of a banner at the Plant Power Initiative Uganda event. The man on the left is holding a small watermelon and a sign with a quote about animals. The woman in the middle is holding a basket of assorted vegetables. The woman on the right is holding a lettuce and a carrot.
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Thrive Grantee: Plant-Powered Initiative, Uganda

Group of people, mostly women, in white chef uniforms and hats standing behind a table with various food dishes. They are smiling and posing for the photo at an event related to African plant-based restaurants.
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Thrive Grantee: EAAW, Tanzania

Two children serving themselves food at a buffet table during an event in Uganda, with a banner in the background promoting vegan school programs.

Thrive Grantee: APED, DR Congo

A group of people, mostly women, standing outdoors during a news interview. The woman at the center is wearing sunglasses and a black shirt, speaking to the camera. There are others around her, including a woman in a blue dress and sunglasses.

Thrive Grantee: Uganda Vegan Society

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A woman in a light pink shirt stands at a food stall with various prepared foods including salads, vegetables, and cooked dishes, at an outdoor event promoting Africa Vegan Restaurant Week, with plants and people in the background.

Thrive Grantee: Torch Initiative, Kenya

Thrive Grantee: Podrska Foundation, Uganda

Sign advertising Africa Vegan Restaurant Week from September 2 to 8, 2024, with a logo for Vitamin Cafe, a heart-shaped plate of various fruits and vegetables, and contact information for Uganda Vegan Society.
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Thrive Grantee: Uganda Vegan Society

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Thrive Africa is a department of Thrive Philanthropy.

Questions may be sent to africa@thrivephilanthropy.com