Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in San Francisco is 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Accra.
Plan around 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM in San Francisco, which is 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Accra, to catch everyone during office hours. Accra is 7 hours ahead of San Francisco, so the practical overlap is about 3 hours — generous enough for meetings, tight enough to be worth booking ahead. Note that San Francisco follows daylight saving while Accra stays put, so the times above drift by an hour seasonally.
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