Great Ghanaian Billboard, Shame about the Message!

Just wish that there would be a public service reminder or something. This kind of billboard is huge for nothing; most Ghanaians are familiar with the Tom-Tom product. Why shove it in our faces?

Now imagine the impact if, say, National Road Safety Commission entreated drivers to drive carefully?!!

A view ofTetteh-Quarshie Interchange, Redux

Hang on. Please don't switch over too soon. Yes, it is yet-another view of Tetteh-Quarshie, but I thought this one was interesting because of the elements in it:

1. The infamous itinerant vendor
2. The signboard indicating that you're going to Accra and Spintex Road
3. The huge (MTN) billboard

How can you deny the beauty of three regular elements in one picture, the quintessence of some of what makes Accra what it is?;-))

Do enjoy the weekend; it's categorically going to be a rainy one this weekend!

The rainy season, unlike last year in 2007 started around April this year.

(pssst: I actually prefer this picture for the greenery of the grass, and the clear, blue sky. I'm strange that way!)

Huge Billboards: Onetouch Mobile Network, Eat Your Heart Out!

Huge Billboards are no stranger to this blog. Many Ghanaians who have returned after many years--and foreigners alike--like to tell of an idyllic Accra, where many buildings have sprung about. Too true, that; it must be said though that quite a number of the so-called "beauty" has to do with the psychedelic boards that have sprung up.


This one, by ONETOUCH, Ghana's indigenous mobile provider that has just launched Mobile TV (BlackStar TV) on the network is advertising on the Tetteh-Quarshie interchange a newly-launched service, called FONBUK, that enables customers store up to 250 numbers from one's phone onto a secure server--for free-- in the event that one's phone is lost or stolen, and the contacts all gone.

The Irony of it All...(Ghanaian "Beauty")

There's a perpetuating and permanent irony buried deep in the Ghanaian landscape--and that is of billboards of beautiful edifices and whatnot advertising even more beautiful places, with the billboards located, or placed, in less-than-salubrious places.

This one is no exception.

While you mull on this, let me take the opportunity to wish you a great weekend.

See you next week!