Somewhere in Nairobi, a hiring manager asks a job applicant for their high school certificate. The applicant produces one. It looks real. It probably is real. But confirming that fact has historically meant weeks of back-and-forth with a government office, stacks of paperwork, and a fair amount of hoping for the best.
Kenya just decided that era is over.
The Kenya National Examinations Council, known as KNEC, has anchored over 15 million academic records on Avalanche’s C-Chain, with projections putting the final count somewhere between 30 and 35 million records. The dataset includes exam results dating as far back as 1989, covering decades of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, or KCSE, results.
What KNEC is actually building
The system works through a secure e-portal, developed with Ava Labs, Avalanche’s core development company, as the underlying technology provider. The goal is straightforward: make every KCSE certificate instantly verifiable by anyone with access to the portal, with no room for forgery and no need to phone a government office.
