Join Active Minds’ 2025–2026 Mental Health Advocacy Institute to gain leadership skills, network with experts, and implement a campus-focused mental health action plan.

Join Makerere University’s AI Health Lab for the 2nd AI in Health Africa Conference (Nov 6–7, 2025), featuring experts, policymakers, and innovators advancing AI in African healthcare.

UNGA Week 2025 is almost here, and the spotlight is turning to mental health and brain health. From high-level UN meetings to side events hosted by UNICEF, WHO, and leading nonprofits, New York will be buzzing with conversations on youth mental health, NCDs, and the future of the brain economy. Here’s a curated guide to the sessions worth attending (or streaming) from Sept 22–26.

Join global leaders, advocates, and innovators at the 7th Global Mental Health Summit in Cape Town (Nov 10–12, 2025). Explore “Mental Health and Wellbeing: What has Changed? What Needs to Change?” while shaping the future of global mental health.

Africa CDC is calling for applications to the 2025/2026 Youth Digital Health Champions Program. Open to young leaders aged 18–35 across Africa and the diaspora, this 12-month fellowship offers visibility, training, mentorship, and funding to drive digital health innovation. Deadline: September 14, 2025.

Apply for the WHO-hosted TDR Implementation Research (IR) Leadership Fellowship at the University of Ghana. Strengthen IR skills and drive public health impact.

Apply for the 2025 Global Health Film Grant with Pulitzer Center and Financial Times. Get up to £20,000 funding, FT commission, mentoring, and global promotion to tell underreported global health stories.

Join mental health professionals and advocates at the 2025 Suicide Prevention Conference hosted by Mental Health America Lancaster County on September 18 in Lancaster, PA for keynotes, breakout sessions, and continuing education credits.

Apply now for the African Union Media Fellowship 2025! Join a year-long, continent-wide program offering mentorship, training, AU HQ visits, and story pitching, designed for experienced African media pros ready to lead change across six thematic tracks.

Up to $200,000 for bold, youth-led mental health solutions. Open to 12 countries across Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe.

A year-long program for early-stage African entrepreneurs creating social impact. Fellows receive $10,000, executive coaching, and access to a global peer network.

Submit your work by July 4 for a chance at global recognition and cash prizes in science, health, environment, and tech categories.

A five-month, fully funded program focused on equity, systems change, and care-centered leadership for early and mid-career African professionals.

Applications are open for CNN Academy’s 2025 Voices from the Global South program in Abu Dhabi.

The Kenya Psychiatric Association (KPA) will host its 17th Annual Scientific Conference this September in Eldoret.

Education systems are under pressure, from climate collapse to digital disruption to political instability.

The AWDF Siza Grant supports African feminist initiatives advancing mental health and wellbeing. Apply by May 27 for up to $15,000 in funding.

An innovative festival for 1–2 minute “cellphilms” (mobile phone videos) on urgent social topics.

The 2025 Mental Health in Journalism Summit brings together global media professionals to explore trauma-informed reporting, newsroom care, and ethical storytelling.

Kenya’s premier national mental health conference returns for its second edition.