Prof. Dixon Chibanda

Professor Dixon Chibanda is a distinguished Zimbabwean psychiatrist and the founder of Inuka Coaching, a platform dedicated to digitizing his proven method for improving mental health access and support in Africa. He is renowned as the founder and Global Lead of the pioneering Friendship Bench project, an evidence-based intervention that empowers trained grandmothers to deliver cognitive behavioral therapy in communities. As a Professor of Psychiatry and Global Mental Health, his expertise lies in democratizing mental healthcare, developing scalable interventions for low-resource settings, and pioneering task-shifting strategies to address mental health gaps globally.