{
  "id": 5551869,
  "title": "App launched to help Ghanaians verify prospective partners’ marital status before marriage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/app-launched-to-help-ghanaians-verify-prospective-partners-marital-5551869",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T11:47:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GBC Ghana",
    "slug": "gbc-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/general/app-verify-marriage/2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A new mobile application called Marrify has been launched in Ghana to assist individuals in verifying the marital status of their potential partners before they get married. The app, which was introduced on August 28, 2026, in Accra, in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), serves as a digital registry that offers transparency in marriage administration.\n\nMarrify compiles legal information from various sources such as the Registrar-General’s Department, courts, assemblies, and the Ghana Gazette. The app aims to empower individuals to conduct crucial checks prior to marriage, thereby avert emotional, financial, and legal issues that may arise due to insufficient verification of a prospective partner's marital status.\n\nIn addition to marital status verification, Marrify functions as a publicly accessible platform that enables the public to validate whether marriage venues, churches, pastors, and Imams are legally authorized and registered to conduct marriages in Ghana. This initiative seeks to enhance transparency and accountability in marriage administration, while also enabling prospective couples to make well-informed decisions before committing to marriage.\n\nAt the launch event, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, applauded Marry Right Ghana for launching an initiative intended to bolster transparency, accountability, and public trust in marriage administration. She stressed that marriage is not merely a legal union but also carries social, cultural, and economic implications for individuals, children, families, and communities.",
  "summary": "A new app designed to help people verify the marital status of their prospective partners before entering into marriage has been launched in Ghana. Named Marrify, the app was launched in Accra on August 28, 2026, in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP). The application operates as a searchable digital […]",
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        "title": "App launched to help Ghanaians verify prospective partners’ marital status before marriage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/app-launched-to-help-ghanaians-verify-prospective-partners-marital",
        "published": "2026-09-04T06:20:21.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "App launched to help Ghanaians verify prospective partners’ marital status before marriage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/app-launched-to-help-ghanaians-verify-prospective-partners-marital-5521920",
        "published": "2026-09-04T07:29:23.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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