Heartbreak Detector: Ghana Launches App To Check If Your Partner Is Already Taken

Ghanaians can now check whether a prospective partner is married, single, or divorced before saying “I do,” following the launch of a new app that seeks to expose secret marriages and bring greater transparency to the country’s marriage system.

The new app, Marrify, allows users to search marriage records and verify important information about a prospective partner before making a life-changing commitment.

Marry Right Ghana launched the app in Accra on August 28, 2026, in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP).

Marrify brings together legal information from the Registrar-General’s Department, courts, assemblies, and the Ghana Gazette to create a searchable digital registry.

With a few searches, prospective couples can check a partner’s marital status before walking down the aisle, instead of relying only on what the person says about being single or divorced.

The platform seeks to help people avoid the emotional pain, financial loss, and legal problems that can follow when someone hides an existing marriage.

The app also allows users to check whether marriage venues, churches, pastors, and imams have the proper licences and registration to conduct marriages in Ghana.

This gives couples another layer of protection as they make one of life’s biggest decisions—from choosing a partner to selecting where and by whom the marriage will be conducted.

Speaking at the launch, the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, urged prospective couples to independently verify important details before getting married.

She cautioned people against relying solely on a partner’s claim that he or she is single or divorced, saying proper checks could prevent years of emotional and financial investment from being lost when legal problems emerge later.

“You wouldn’t have to take the person’s words just for the sake of it. Even in the most trusted relationship, you can easily verify with this app,” she said.

Dr. Lartey said couples must carefully verify the status of the person they intend to marry, the venue for the ceremony, and the person who will officiate it.

“Making a decision on the venue, and then whoever has to officiate a marriage, where it is officiated, the officiator, and also the status of the one you are getting married to—these are critical decisions that we need to ponder over, verify, and be sure of before taking the needed steps,” she said.

Dr. Lartey said the ministry had made its platform available to support the Marrify initiative and facilitate engagement with stakeholders and potential beneficiaries.

“For us as a ministry, we have availed our platform to also incorporate their app, to engage with our stakeholders and potential beneficiaries to ensure that Ghanaians live in awareness,” she said.

She warned that failing to conduct proper checks could result in serious emotional and financial losses, particularly when legal complications arise after years of marriage.

“You don’t invest so many years and resources into marriage, only for the law to rear its ugly head and you find out that all the investment has gone in vain,” she said.

Dr. Lartey also reminded the public that marriage goes beyond the legal union of two people. It carries social, cultural, and economic importance and can affect children, families, and entire communities.