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Timeliness is a big issue Ghanaians are generally aware that it is an issue. Sometime they even poke fun at themselves or other fellow Ghanaians in regards to the lack of awareness of time.
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Ghanaians are known to be late to meetings, up to 2 or more hours late is common. People usually just wait.
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The country has started a television advertising campaign to encourage timeliness, but as in many developing countries, many people don’t have televisions.
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The major bus lines are generally on time.
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The issue of timeliness doesn’t necessarily improve in business situations, but in the larger cities, you will usually see much more punctuality and awareness of time versus smaller towns and villages.
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To help understand this issue of tardiness it helps to know some reasons why people are late. Living without the means of modern conveniences (dishwashers, washer and driers, piped water, cars, etc) makes it much more difficult to plan you day. For example, one may get up and wash the family’s clothes by hand before doing anything else. Or the meeting may be far away and since most Ghanaians don’t have vehicles, they have to rely on public transportation to get places and public transportation is very unreliable.
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