Kenya has launched a blockchain-based verification system for academic credentials through the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), migrating more than 30 million records onto the Avalanche network in an effort to curb certificate fraud and streamline the authentication process.

KNEC and Avalanche announced the initiative on Monday, noting that the platform is designed to tackle the thousands of forged academic certificates reported in the country each year. The system enables employers, universities, and other institutions to verify academic credentials directly onchain, making records significantly more difficult to alter or falsify. Credential fraud has long been a challenge across East African labor markets, where manual verification processes can be slow, costly, and inconsistent, and several governments on the continent have begun exploring digital identity and records management as part of broader public-sector modernization efforts.

While the verification platform is now operational, neither KNEC nor Avalanche disclosed the extent of adoption among students, employers, or educational institutions.

KNEC "is bringing tamper-proof e-certification to Kenya on Avalanche," Avalanche stated in a video announcing the initiative. The announcement was also shared on the official Avalanche X account: https://x.com/avax/status/2084263404563537991.

For Avalanche, the rollout represents one of the blockchain network's largest public-sector deployments to date, extending its utility beyond decentralized finance and digital assets into government record verification. Blockchain-based credentialing has gained traction as a use case in recent years, with universities, professional bodies, and government agencies in multiple countries piloting onchain verification to reduce document fraud and cut administrative overhead.

The announcement did not address whether the deployment is expected to drive demand for Avalanche's native token, AVAX. According to CoinMarketCap, AVAX was down 1.1% on Monday and remains approximately 69% below its price from one year ago.

The full article was originally published by Cointelegraph at https://cointelegraph.com/news/kenya-avalanche-blockchain-academic-credentials-verification.