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From Nairobi to Accra: What AVA Summits Mean for Africa’s Animal Advocacy Movement
When AVA Summit arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, from July 17–20, 2025, it marked a significant moment for Africa’s growing animal advocacy movement. It was AVA International’s first summit on the African continent, bringing together 264 participants from 32 countries, including advocates, organisations and movement leaders from across Africa and beyond.
What Africa Can Learn From Ethiopia’s Plant-Based Food Culture
When conversations about the growth of plant-based eating in Africa begin, attention often turns to countries where vegan businesses, advocacy organisations and alternative-protein industries are rapidly emerging. One year later, the conversation moved west. But Ethiopia offers a different lesson. There, plant-based eating is not necessarily presented as a new lifestyle or imported idea. For…
Why African Governments Should Pay More Attention to Plant-Based Foods
As countries across the continent work to address food insecurity, public health, unemployment and climate change, greater attention should be given to the potential of plant-based food systems.