Following accreditation by the Nigeria National Accreditation System, NiNAS, Nigeria’s national accreditation authority, NiNAS, Smartcomply Academy has achieved internationally recognised accreditation as a Personnel Certification Body under ISO/IEC 17024:2026.

NiNAS operates within the international accreditation ecosystem as a Signatory Full Member of Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated, the global accreditation body that unified and assumed the roles previously performed by the International Accreditation Forum, IAF, and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation, ILAC, and is also a Full Member of the African Accreditation Cooperation, AFRAC.

This connects NiNAS-accredited conformity assessment activities to a broader multilateral recognition framework designed to promote confidence, consistency and acceptance of accredited services across international markets.

Smartcomply Academy’s accreditation, Reference PC0001A, took effect on September 7, 2026, and remains valid through September 6, 2030, aligning with globally recognised standards for competence, impartiality and credibility.

Before getting the certificates, NiNAS assessed Smartcomply Academy’s technical competence, impartiality and controls to certify individuals against defined requirements. Employers can now distinguish an in-scope Smartcomply certification from a course-completion certificate and independently verify both the Academy’s accredited status and the professional’s credential.
Certificates issued for certifications that fall within Smartcomply Academy’s NiNAS-approved scope of accreditation will carry the official NiNAS accreditation symbol: Personnel No. P0003, providing a clear and traceable link between each accredited credential and the independently assessed certification system under which it was issued.
Smartcomply Academy’s accreditation is publicly recorded by NiNAS under reference PC0001A, providing independent confirmation that the Academy has been assessed against the internationally recognised requirements applicable to personnel certification bodies.

Speaking on the development, MD/CEO, Smartcomply Group, Gbemisola Osunrinde, said: “An accredited certificate should tell an employer more than that someone completed a course. It should show that competence was tested through a governed, impartial and secure process. We invested in the people, committees, technology, procedures and evidence needed to meet that standard. The NiNAS accreditation symbol on our in-scope certificates now gives professionals a visible link to the independently assessed system behind what they have earned.”

Meanwhile, Head of Smartcomply Academy, Oseyemi Ayegbusi, said: “Across Africa, skilled professionals increasingly need credentials that employers can verify and trust. This accreditation confirms that Smartcomply Academy assesses competence through a system built on impartiality, examination integrity and independent certification decisions, in line with ISO/IEC 17024:2026. It also places a continuing responsibility on us to keep our schemes we own current and relevant, apply every scheme within our approved scope consistently, recertify professionals fairly and demonstrate that an African certification body – and, in selected fields, an African scheme owner – can command confidence at home and across borders.”