Ghana has launched Marrify, a digital platform designed to make marriage and divorce records searchable online and simplify the verification of marriage-related information.
The platform was launched in Accra on August 28 in partnership with Ghana’s Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
Marrify allows users to search marriage and divorce records and verify information about marriage officers, licensed venues and Islamic marriage authorities.
The platform is expected to make it easier for people to establish the marital status of prospective partners, while also providing access to records that were previously held across different institutions.
Marriage registration and verification in Ghana have traditionally involved several bodies, including the Registrar-General’s Department, courts and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), with some information also published in the Ghana Gazette.
Marrify says it has digitised Gazette records dating from 1886 to 2026 and linked records covering customary, Islamic and ordinance marriages. Where information is available, divorce and annulment records are connected to the original marriage records.
Users can access details attached to individual records, including the source, date, issuing authority and licensing information.
The platform also provides searchable records of ministers of religion authorised to solemnise ordinance marriages, licensed marriage venues and Islamic marriage authorities.
Its venue database can be searched by town, assembly, denomination and region, while its denomination directory links marriage venues and authorised officers with their respective church organisations.
Marrify says its coverage extends across all 16 regional coordinating councils and 261 MMDAs, with three main licensing categories covering marriage venues, marriage officers and Imams.
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Beyond public searches, the platform provides dedicated portals for MMDAs, churches, the Registrar-General’s Department and courts to submit and manage marriage-related records.
Individuals and institutions can also use Marrify’s self-reporting and record-claim system to submit information or claim records that may be missing from the database.
The platform says its digital records could also assist Ghanaians living abroad with marriage verification for embassies, courts and personal documentation.
Marrify features a timeline documenting the development of Ghana’s marriage laws and administration, including the 1884 Marriage Ordinance and the start of Gazette records in 1886.
It also includes a Family Law AI assistant, which the platform says can support family-law research, document drafting and document review.
Marrify is operated by Marry Right Ghana and describes itself as a National Marriage & Divorce Registry focused on digitising marriage records and improving access to verification services.
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