Rima Chehade Fakhri has shaped Purple Cafe into a wellness destination where design and nutrition work together. A strong sense of courage required to build something beautiful in spaces others overlook. Rima Chehade Fakhri shows it consistently. While many entrepreneurs chase visibility and scale, she chose instead to create a sanctuary—a hidden café nestled within Osu Roots Hotel that has become an unlikely pilgrimage site for Accra’s most discerning wellness enthusiasts. It is the kind of business that doesn’t need to shout; word travels through whispered recommendations and the quiet satisfaction of those who’ve discovered something genuine.
Her path to this moment reads like a masterclass in intentional living. With credentials spanning education, fine art, interior design, integrative nutrition coaching, and hormonal health expertise, Fakhri has spent years understanding the intricate connections between environment, nourishment, and wellbeing. These aren’t disparate skills assembled haphazardly—they form a cohesive philosophy about how spaces and food should work together to support human flourishing. She speaks from lived experience, having navigated her own health journey and emerging with conviction about plant-based nutrition and holistic wellness. That authenticity is the invisible ingredient that separates her work from the growing glut of wellness ventures that lack depth. What makes her particularly compelling is her refusal to compartmentalize her knowledge. She is simultaneously artist, educator, designer, and healer—and this integration defines everything she creates.
The Vision
Looking ahead, Fakhri represents a particular type of entrepreneur gaining momentum globally—one who refuses the false choice between artistry and commerce, between personal passion and profitable business. Her vision extends beyond a single café; she’s building a model for how wellness spaces should operate: beautiful, educational, nourishing, and unapologetically intentional about serving people seeking authentic alternatives. In a landscape where many founders chase trending concepts, Rima Chehade Fakhri is doing something rarer and more difficult: she’s creating something that will endure because it solves real problems for real people. She’s built a business rooted in her genuine expertise and values, proving that the most magnetic brands aren’t those that follow markets—they’re those that create entirely new categories by being wholly, uncompromisingly themselves.
The Business
Purple Café exists in that liminal space between restaurant, gallery, and healing space. Described as a plant-based gem, it serves as more than a café; it’s a deliberately curated environment where food becomes medicine and design becomes doctrine. In a city saturated with conventional dining options, Fakhri carved out something rarified: a space where plant-based cuisine isn’t presented as compromise or trend, but as the sophisticated, nourishing choice it deserves to be. The hidden location within the hotel isn’t a limitation—it’s a feature. It filters for intention. Her guests arrive deliberately, seeking what she offers.
The café extends beyond plates and beverages. Through her expertise in hormonal health and integrative nutrition, Fakhri educates her community, hosting wellness brunches and speaking engagements that position her as both businesswoman and thought leader. She understands that modern entrepreneurs must educate their customers into loyalty, meeting them where confusion about nutrition and wellness typically reigns.
Where to find them: Purple Café works in Catering. Based in Ghana. Shop and learn more at purplecafe.com. Follow on Instagram: @purplecafe.
