Nairobi Design Week is an annual festival that enters its 11th year, hosting exhibitions, pavilions and talks over nine days.

The 2026 edition of the festival follows the theme Let's Be Human, encouraging participants to consider design that steers away from rigidity and embraces what it is that makes us human, such as empathy, fragility, honesty, tenderness and imperfection.

Nairobi Design Week 2026 takes place from 7 to 15 March 2026 at various locations across various locations in Nairobi, Kenya.