Kenya's KNEC anchors 15 million academic records on Avalanche

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) is providing job seekers and recruiters a way to confirm a certificate in seconds by writing the country’s academic records to the Avalanche (AVAX) C-Chain. 

Ava Labs disclosed the rollout in an August 3 blog post, and Avalanche confirmed it the same day on X.

What is Kenya’s new records system?  

For years, confirming a Kenyan certificate meant filing a request through official portals or shipping paper files back and forth. A single check could take up to a month, and bulk verification for large recruiters could take as long as six months. 

However, the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) recently started moving the country’s academic records onto the Avalanche blockchain so verification can be done in seconds. 

More than 15 million records are reportedly now stored on the Avalanche (AVAX) C-Chain, with the system expected to grow to about 35 million records. 

KNEC Chief Executive Officer Dr David Njengere said students can now “securely access, download and verify their KCSE certificates online.” The certificates for the 2025 KCSE exams, which nearly 1 million students took, are now only available through this digital system.

The project covers records from Grade 8 (KCPE), Grade 12 (KCSE), advanced diplomas, and teaching certification. The work is done on the LegitDoc platform by a local Kenyan technology company. 

Beyond the increase in verification speed, the old paper system was also easy to cheat. Fake certificates were a problem, and even the QR codes on those diplomas led back to normal databases that could be copied with fake websites. 

However, each record on the new blockchain system is a secure, unchangeable entry, and anyone with access to the official portal can quickly check a certificate’s true status. 

Why is Kenya using Avalanche?

The LegitDoc platform and Avalanche blockchain have also been used in India’s Dantewada district to put more than 700,000 land records on-chain. That project cut verification time from weeks to less than a day. 

Avalanche has been used for other large projects, including the California DMV’s work with 42 million vehicle titles and Bergen County, New Jersey’s project with property deeds. 

Cryptopolitan reported that Japan’s Progmat used an Avalanche Layer 1 for a tokenized securities project valued at over $3 billion, and the lending protocol Aave brought its new system to Avalanche. 

The network’s ability to handle high volumes of transactions at a low cost makes it attractive for large-scale government projects. Records dating back to 1989 are now part of the new system. 

However, even with these wins, the price of AVAX is down. On August 3, 2026, AVAX traded around $6.52, down about 70% from a year ago. 

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