Interesting to me- I do business in Ghana, specifically in Tema. My client is a commercial land developer. We provide electrical infrastructure components to him.

I witnessed a land purchase last year- basically a handful of cash was handed to a tribal patriarch to buy a tract of land near their village. It seemed very sketchy to me, but apparently this is the way it's done, and the land records are recorded with the government in a totally separate process with completely different people.

I also understand that the ownership of land reverts after... what, 50 years, if I remember correctly.

Sounds like you have an interesting project here.