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News · 21 September 2026

The Capability Passport: a record of what you can do, that nobody can fake

Every entry on a Passport is earned and verified — never typed in, never self-reported. Here is how it works, and who it is for.

A verified record of mastery

The Capability Passport

A certificate says you attended. A transcript says you passed. Neither says what you can do — and in a job market full of claimed skills, the difference is everything. Even more important is knowing that you have the capability to solve a novel problem however and wherever it may appear.

The Capability Passport is Uweza's answer: a living record of demonstrated ability, built one verified piece of work at a time.

The rule it is built on

Nothing on a Passport is self-reported. An entry appears only when Uweza has checked the work itself. When a scholar completes a lab task, the platform doesn't take the scholar's device at its word — it re-runs the work on Uweza's own servers and records the entry only if that independent check passes. A claim that cannot be verified simply does not appear.

Who it is for

Scholars. Your Passport follows you from your first lab to your first job and your life's work. It shows what you have actually built, how many attempts it took, and when — an honest record rather than a polished one.

Parents and families. You see real progress, not a grade someone chose. If your child can balance a set of books or model a currency peg, the Passport shows the work that proves it.

Schools and institutions. A shared, verifiable standard for what a learner has demonstrated, independent of any single teacher's judgement.

Employers and programmes. Every Passport has a public verification page. You can confirm an entry is genuine without an account and without taking the holder's word for it.

How to check one

Each Passport carries a verification link. Open it and you see what the holder demonstrated and that Uweza verified it — nothing more personal than that.

Open the platform: app.uweza.africa