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Tuning In: What to expect at the 2025 Shamiri Summit
This November, Nairobi becomes the stage for bold ideas and radical collaboration at Shamiri Summit 2025. Under the theme “Wires & Signals,” we’ll explore how technology, policy, and community can carry not just data, but the vital signals of care, connection, and hope. Here’s your guide to what’s ahead.
Why this summit matters now
The annual Shamiri Summit is back! This year, we are tackling the question, “Can the systems we build carry the signals that help humanity thrive?”. Mental health challenges are rising across the globe, especially among young people. At the same time, technology and AI are reshaping decisions, relationships, and futures. Institutions everywhere are stretched thin yet brimming with potential to evolve toward equity and care. The theme Wires & Signals invites us to examine how we design, deploy, and scale systems of care that are not just efficient, but deeply human.
This year’s program brings both returning favorite tracks and introduces two new tracks: Education and Technology, to tackle the theme through two critical factors in youth mental health.
Tracks to watch
Here’s what you can expect from the tracks:
- Doers Track: On-the-ground innovators and community practitioners reshaping care delivery through workshops, implementation stories, and case studies.
- Policy & Systems Track: Governments, ministries, and institutions on big ideas on building equitable systems and embedded with mental health considerations.
- Science Track: cutting-edge research, RCTs, and data. Hosted by Shamiri researchers and global partners.
- Education Track (New!) : How schools and learning spaces can become engines of wellbeing.
- Tech Track (New!): Digital tools, AI, and product innovation pushing the boundaries of mental health.
Join us
Over two days, we will hear from experts in policy, education, research, implementation, technology and youth leaders at the forefront of youth mental health care and have the opportunity to meet and mingle in our brand-new networking lounges.
Shamiri Summit is a space for disruption, radical collaboration, and centering African innovation in the global mental health ecosystem. Here, grassroots voices sit alongside policymakers. Bold ideas are tested against real-world challenges. Every session is designed to move us from talk to action.
Join us on November 13th and 14th as we redefine how we think about care, connection, and human flourishing.
