Technological developments have, in recent years, introduced significant changes to ways of communication and conductingbusiness. Therefore, unsurprisingly, the world is banking on digital solutions, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, anddigital ledgers, to create a single, streamlined, and transparent means of allocating, using, managing, and transferring land andproperty. However, the relationship that people, families, and communities have with the land is innately linked to local customsand culture, beliefs, history, and social norms. Consequently, any digital system must shy away from a one-size-fits-all model andensure a design that embraces the quirks and complexities of the country in question to ensure that in the push to formalise titling,we do not erase customary and traditional systems of tenure.
