Kenya's National Examinations Council (KNEC) has migrated over 30 million academic records to the Avalanche blockchain to combat widespread certificate fraud. The new system, one of Avalanche's largest public-sector projects, reduces verification time from months to seconds. While records dating to 1989 are now tamper-proof, the price of Avalanche's AVAX token remains down nearly 70% year-over-year.
Kenya blockchain records migration
- ▪Certificates for the 2025 KCSE exams, taken by nearly 1 million students, are available exclusively through the new digital system
- ▪The system is expected to grow to about 35 million records and includes credentials dating back to 1989
- ▪The migration was announced by KNEC and Avalanche on August 3, 2026
- ▪Kenya's National Examinations Council (KNEC) has placed over 30 million academic records on the Avalanche blockchain
- ▪The project covers records for Grade 8 (KCPE), Grade 12 (KCSE), advanced diplomas, and teaching certifications
Certificate verification speed improvement
- ▪KNEC Chief Executive Officer Dr. David Njengere said students can now securely access, download, and verify their KCSE certificates online
- ▪The new system reduces certificate verification time from weeks or months to just seconds
- ▪Under the previous system, bulk verification for large recruiters could take as long as six months
Fraud prevention through blockchain
- ▪Each record on the Avalanche blockchain is a secure, unchangeable entry, making credentials difficult to tamper with
- ▪The old system's QR codes were vulnerable as they linked to normal databases that could be replicated on fake websites
- ▪The initiative aims to combat the thousands of forged academic certificates reported in Kenya annually
Avalanche government deployments
- ▪Avalanche has also been used for government projects in India (700,000 land records), the California DMV (42 million vehicle titles), and Bergen County, NJ
- ▪The Kenya project is one of Avalanche's largest public-sector deployments
AVAX price performance
- ▪On August 3, 2026, the price of Avalanche's native token, AVAX, was around $6.52
- ▪It has not been clarified if the deployment is expected to generate demand for the AVAX token
- ▪The AVAX token price was down approximately 69-70% from its level a year prior as of August 3, 2026
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