Project Ghana

What if the window panes mist up from the outside in the morning after breakfast?At first I thought, what is that? I know it differently, in our bathroom the windows always mist up from the inside after a shower or a long bath.Here it’s the other way round.Now don’t think

Last week was a quiet week.There was no training on Thursday and Friday. At the moment there are so many broken machines that need to be repaired urgently. All available staff are busy with repairs, there is no time for training. I sat alone in the room, obviously the only

They asked me to teach the staff in electrics/electronics. Training of staff in vehicle electronics and electrics, as well as troubleshooting. We need a room for the training. First suggestion from the boss: “In my office”.I didn’t think that was a good idea and told him we would only disturb

Many thanks to Axel for the tips. So if anyone knows about diagnostics, it’s Axel.It only could be something universal that covers as many vehicles as possible. Then it shouldn’t be that expensive, easy to use, and should include all adapters and OBD connectors for all vehicles.I found a used

I am accommodated in a guesthouse that also belongs to the company.It is no longer new, but it serves its purpose, and for the local conditions it is pure luxury.  You don’t need an alarm clock here either.At 4:30 the muezzin calls us to prayer.  At 5:01 am, a whole truckload

It’s not really going anywhere with the diagnosis. I wanted to know what the guys – who had obviously already discussed it a lot – had come up with that could fit.No one was there on Monday. That’s not quite true, only one, but he didn’t need to know where

We are quite spoiled in Germany when it comes to the internet. We always have good reception and fast internet everywhere, Wi-Fi on every corner and we don’t have to worry about the data volume of our SIM card. But what happens when there is no Wi-Fi?That’s exactly how it

The first day was still quite bumpy, both for me and for the Ghanaians.I was already right about the choice of groups. What I have now slowly learned.All of them are trained mechanics who have been servicing the entire fleet for years and are familiar with car electrics, who know

Beate was right, the first thing I’m going to throw out is my plan.But in one point I could stay at my plan. On Saturday/Sunday I visited the company and got a guided tour of the site. I met the Managing Director, the General Manager and the Technical Director (he

The first 7,000 km, I went by aeroplane within 12 hours including a 3-hour stop at Brussels. The rest of only 423 km will take another 11h. After a quiet night in the hotel in Accra, the capital of Ghana, the traffic outside on the road woke me up.  Breakfast