Toward Smart Land Management: Land Acquisition and the Associated Challenges in Ghana. A Look into a Blockchain Digital Land Registry for Prospects

Land acquisition in Ghana is fraught with challenges of multiple sales, numerous unofficial charges, unnecessary bureaucracies, intrusion unqualified middlemen, and lack transparency among others. Studies have suggested digitization as a way forward to improve Ghana’s land management system address these challenges. However, none studies specifically provided clear conceptual digital framework for acquisition. Most contemporary literature globally appraise blockchain technology potential solution process. This article applies an integrative review, mixed strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analysis, deductive lessons from registry concept develop blockchain-based smart view it identified that sabotage this exist some customary owners, officials, private experts various reasons. Among others, legal basis public–private partnership recommended particularly discourage experts. We recommend future research works delve into establishing can be used guide assess the readiness administration systems consideration sub-Sahara Africa, Ghana.