The West African Examinations Council has unveiled its Digital Certificate Services System, branded as WAEC DigiCert, in its five member nations — Nigeria, Ghana, The Gambia, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
This was disclosed in a statement released on Monday and signed by the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC Headquarters in Accra, Ghana, Demianus Ojijeogu, on behalf of the Registrar.
WAEC explained that the Digital Certificate Services platform is “a mobile and Web-based application that provides enormous benefits to the various stakeholders,” noting that it delivers “simple features that enable users to access, request, confirm or share digital forms of the original certificates.”
The Council added that the system also allows candidates to retrieve lost WAEC examination numbers.
It reassured stakeholders that “the system is reliable, the authenticity of the certificates is guaranteed, and the cost benefits to users cannot be overstated.”
WAEC further revealed that after a successful pilot phase in Nigeria, WAEC DigiCert “received positive feedback from candidates and educational institutions worldwide.”
Encouraging widespread adoption, the Council advised stakeholders “to use WAEC DigiCert to avoid administrative challenges and bottlenecks associated with manual certificate issuance and collection.”
However, it emphasised that “the usual printing and issuance of certificates will not be affected by this innovation.”
The Council also stated that the mobile application can be downloaded from the App Store and Play Store for iOS and Android devices, respectively, while additional details are available on its official website and social media channels.
In a related development, WAEC announced the release of the 2025 Second Series Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination results for private candidates.
It directed candidates to visit www.waecdirect.org to verify their results before proceeding to the Digital Certificate platform at www.waec.org to obtain their released digital certificate copies.