The University of Nairobi held a successful Research Week 2021 that was multidisciplinary, with participants drawn from various sectors and countries. The week-long event that ran from November 22 to 26, 2o21 had seven international conferences with over 500 participants, more than 30 keynote presentations and 150 abstracts. The overarching theme ‘Rethinking Research, Innovation & Technology for Sustainable Development.’