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I want to use this opportunity to focus on how search results are displayed via GHfind .  Depending on availability, there can be a lot of various pieces of information listed under a single business entry.  So the purpose of this post is to delineate what those various pieces of information represent.  And I will use GHfind's own entry as an example, since it features most of the different categories I collect information on. An example of a GHfind search results entry, with numbers inserted corresponding with the outline of this post. #1 - BUSINESS NAME The first line in an entry will invariably would be the name of the business, in bold and all caps.  In the example above, that would be "GHFIND". #2 - CONTACT PERSON Next comes the name of the contact person, as well as their position within the organization (in parenthesis) in bold.  With the above example, the contact person is "Malcolm Aaron (Founder/Webmaster)". In some instances, when a businessperson is ...

There are two basic life lessons I've learned living under the sun in Ghana .  One is that the sun affects everything that it touches.  And second is the first rule of fashion being practicality. I'm currently residing in a city up in the mountains, a part of the country which for years I've heard Ghanaians refer to as being "cold", specifically during the nighttime.  I'll admit that sometimes, it is noticeably cooler up here in the evenings than other parts of Ghana I've resided in at lower altitudes.  Occasionally, I may even turn off the fans at night before going to sleep.  So the relatively-chilly air is real, but Koforidua and other places like this definitely aren't "cold" at night, at least not be Western standards.  But that said, I have yet to reside up here during the harmattan, which is actually the coldest time of year in this part of the world. NO COATS IN THE RAINY SEASON Back when I decided to relocate to Ghana, I was doing a...