The Government of Kenya is establishing effective mechanisms of replacing issuance of paper degrees with a Digital Verifiable Credential, which can be securely authenticated using a digital system. This morning, I officially opened the Stakeholders Workshop for Verifiable Credentials where stakeholders from the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, Ministry of Education and Tony Blair Institute (TBI) amongst other key players are establishing shared understanding of Verifiable Credentials and digital wallets. The Stakeholders are exploring real world use cases of Verifiable Credentials and digital wallets for adoption of best practices. They are also aligning a roadmap for identifying key stakeholders that will spearhead the proof of concept process that will guide on the implementation of the Verifiable Credentials countrywide. Implementing Verifiable Credentials addresses risk factors directly impacting Kenya’s labour market such as incurring costs due to Paper certificate issuance and delay in issuance of certificates by various institutions due to manual checks. Verifiable Credentials will be instrumental in safeguarding privacy and security of data, restoring integrity, faster issuance and verification of academic credentials, transparency and fairness in the digital and education ecosystem. The successful implementation of this process will pave the way for rolling out Verifiable Credentials across Africa. In attendance were ICT E-Government and Digital Economy Secretary, Mary Kerema, Enterprise Architect, TBI, Andrew Ferrier, Senior Advisor TBI, Michael Viano, Digital E-Government Advisor TBI, Charles Kinyeki and representatives from the Ministry of Education.