- Marrify brings Ghanaian marriage and divorce records together on a searchable digital platform.
- The service draws data from the Registrar General’s Department, courts, local assemblies and the Ghana Gazette.
- The platform aims to address fragmented marriage records while expanding access for public institutions, courts and religious organizations.
Ghanaian marriage and divorce records can now be searched through a single digital platform. Called Marrify, the solution was recently launched in Accra by Marry Right Ghana Ltd in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection. It allows users to search registered marriage and divorce records and verify authorized marriage officers, approved venues, churches and imams.
Bringing fragmented records together
Marrify operates as a searchable digital registry drawing on multiple sources. The platform says it uses data from the Registrar General’s Department, courts, local assemblies and the Ghana Gazette. Searches can be conducted using a person’s name, a spouse’s name, a locality, a church, a certificate number or a Gazette reference.
The initiative aims to help users access information that was previously spread across different administrative channels.
The centralization comes as Ghana continues to operate several marriage registration regimes. The country distinguishes between ordinance marriages, customary marriages and Muslim marriages, each of which follows different registration procedures.
For an ordinance marriage, the Registrar General’s Department requires a notice to be filed with the registrar, followed by a publication period before a certificate can be issued if no objection is raised. Customary marriages, meanwhile, are registered with the relevant local authorities.
Data quality remains critical
Putting marriage records online does not mean that all marital information in Ghana is already available. Marrify says records are still being added progressively and warns that an unsuccessful search does not necessarily mean that a certificate does not exist.
The platform also plans to link records to the relevant institutions, officers and venues to make verification easier.
Data coverage is therefore one of the initiative’s main challenges. At the launch, Minister of Gender Agnes Naa Momo Lartey said the platform’s effectiveness would depend on public confidence in the information it provides and on cooperation from institutions responsible for registering marriages.
Marrify also offers tools for government agencies, courts and religious organizations, alongside an artificial intelligence assistant focused on Ghanaian matrimonial law.
Samira Njoya
