Kenya has launched a blockchain-based system for verifying academic credentials through the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), placing more than 30 million academic records on the Avalanche network to combat certificate fraud. The platform enables employers and universities to authenticate credentials directly onchain, making records more difficult to tamper with. The system is now live, but neither KNEC nor Avalanche disclosed adoption rates among students, employers or educational institutions. This deployment represents one of Avalanche’s largest public-sector implementations to date, extending its use beyond decentralized finance and digital assets into government record verification.
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