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Image: Podrska Foundation, Uganda

Join Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week

THE WORLD’S FIRST AFRICA-WIDE
PLANT-BASED CAMPAIGN

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Join Here!

THRIVE AFRICA
VEGAN RESTAURANT WEEK

   100+   

Participating Restaurants

   20+   

Participating Organizations

   ~100+   

Restaurants replacing animal dishes with plant-based

   40+   

media 
mentions

   15+   

Participating 
Countries

   5M+   

PEOPLE 
REACHED
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Image: AWANET, Tanzania

Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week is an Africa-wide campaign held by organizations and restaurants across several African countries celebrating plant-based eating across the continent!

It’s the world’s first pan-Africa-wide vegan campaign!

For one week, advocacy organizations across Africa simultaneously launch a restaurant week campaign in their own city, creating an Africa-wide effort to increase accessibility to healthy, plant-based food options and encourage restaurants to adopt vegan menus.  

To date, 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 media attention - and growing each year!

Join us to be a part of this important, world’s first Africa-wide initiative!

Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week is an initiative of Thrive Africa a department of Thrive Philanthropy.


PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES

Map of Africa highlighting countries with in yellow and orange. Countries highlighted in orange include Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, and Madagascar. The remaining countries are gray.
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Join Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week

24-30 November 2025

Advocacy organizations join to coordinate a campaign in your city.
Restaurants, caterers, hotels, schools, and more join to add vegan items to your menus!

Contact africa@thrivephilanthropy.org to learn more.

Organizations Join Here

Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week is an initiative of Thrive Africa, a department of Thrive Philanthropy.

Who Can Participate?

Image: EAAW, Tanzania

Restaurants, Caterers, and Hotels

Restaurants, caterers, hotels introduce plant-based items to your menus.

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Image: Plant-Powered Initiative, Uganda

Organizations and Advocates

Organizations and advocates coordinate a Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week campaign in your own city to encouraging restaurants to add vegan items, offer culinary training, and more!

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Image: Uganda Vegan Society

Media

Media can highlight Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week! Contact Africa@ThrivePhilanthropy.org for media inquiries.

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Image: Torch Initiative, Kenya

Public, Families, and Friends

Individuals follow #ThriveAfricaVeganRestaurantWeek on socials and join local participating restaurant during Thrive Africa Vegan Restaurant Week! 

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To learn more, contact Africa@thrivephilanthropy.org.