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Formal land rightLand administration
Land Registration & Titling
Formalize land rights at scale
Systematic land titling for collecting claims, verifying boundaries, managing public review, and issuing formally approved land rights across a jurisdiction.
Request a demoFormal rights make land usable
Land may be occupied, inherited, transferred, and recognized by a community for generations without appearing in a formal register. That gap limits what a landholder can prove to a court, public authority, buyer, or lender and leaves governments without the dependable parcel record required for planning and service delivery.
Systematic registration addresses an entire defined area through one coordinated programme. It brings the landholder, the claim, the supporting evidence, the mapped parcel, public review, and formal approval together so that legitimate rights can enter the government record.
One parcel record connects the evidence
A title depends on more than a name and a boundary. Registry staff need to see who is making the claim, which parcel it concerns, what evidence supports it, how the boundary was established, and what corrections or approvals have occurred. MLG keeps that spatial, documentary, and administrative context connected throughout the programme.
It also preserves the distinction between information collected in support of a claim and the formally approved right created by the jurisdiction.
Fieldwork begins with a clearer map
High-resolution aerial, drone, or satellite imagery provides a current view of the area before enumerators meet landholders. GIS teams use that imagery to prepare proposed parcel boundaries and relevant property attributes, applying quality controls and the jurisdiction’s survey and planning standards.
In the field, mapped parcels give each conversation a precise location. Enumerators capture identity and occupancy information, photographs, signatures, GPS positions, boundary corrections, and the forms of supporting evidence accepted locally. The work combines what is visible from above with what landholders and communities know on the ground.
Public verification strengthens the result
Formalization works when people can see and challenge what will enter the record. Reviewed parcel maps and claimant information are presented within the community so landholders can confirm names, locations, land use, and proposed boundaries. Competing claims, missing information, and mapping errors surface before the record reaches final approval.
That public scrutiny creates a transparent path for objections and corrections. It does not erase disagreement or make a software determination about ownership; it gives the responsible institutions stronger evidence for fair, documented adjudication.
Proven across more than 50,000 parcels in Lusaka
In Zambia, MLG worked with the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to put systematic registration into operation at substantial urban scale. The Lusaka programme combined aerial survey, pre-vectorized parcel imagery, house-to-house enumeration, public meetings, community verification, corrections, and government review.
MLG processed documentation for more than 50,000 parcels. Lusaka City Council subsequently selected MLG to lead its property-titling programme and develop the supporting land-governance platform.
A programme shaped around the jurisdiction
Every engagement reflects the tenure categories, accepted evidence, languages, institutions, survey standards, and approval rules of the place it serves. MLG aligns the technology and delivery model with those realities instead of forcing local rights into a generic process.
For land authorities, the outcome is a controlled route from undocumented or informally documented claims to records ready for lawful decision. For landholders and communities, it is a more visible, consistent, and accountable path to formal recognition.
Delivery approach
How MLG delivers the outcome
- PrepareImagery and boundary preparation
- Aerial, drone, or satellite imagery can support the pre-vectorization of parcel boundaries before field enumeration begins.
- EnumerateField claim collection
- Applications, signatures, photographs, occupancy information, and proposed boundaries are captured with the claimant in the field.
- VerifyCommunity review and objections
- Reviewed records and maps can be displayed publicly so landholders and communities can confirm information and raise ownership or boundary objections.
- ValidateSpatial and social validation
- Parcel geometry, claimant information, supporting evidence, and field corrections are reviewed together before a record advances.
- ApproveGovernment approvals
- Plans, reports, signatures, and supporting documents move through the approvals required by the jurisdiction.
- IssueTitle preparation and issuance
- Approved parcel records can be used to generate the documents and notifications required for formal issuance.
In practice
Related projects
Monrovia, LiberiaDigitizing Government ProcessesA no-cost pilot with Liberia’s land authorities, designed to issue land rights documentation to up to 1,000 Monrovia landowners and test a systematic titling model for the city.View projectLusaka, ZambiaSystematic Land TitlingA systematic land titling process developed with Zambia’s Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and tested across more than 50,000 parcels in Lusaka.View project
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