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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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Thrive Grantee: Plant-Powered Initiative, Uganda

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Thrive Grantee: EAAW, Tanzania

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Thrive Grantee: APED, DR Congo

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Thrive Grantee: Uganda Vegan Society

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Thrive Grantee: Torch Initiative, Kenya

Thrive Grantee: Podrska Foundation, Uganda

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Thrive Grantee: Uganda Vegan Society

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Questions may be sent to africa@thrivephilanthropy.com

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