There is no standard 8-to-6 overlap. Someone joins early or late.
Given Accra is 10 hours behind Sydney, the realistic answer is that there's no convenient shared slot during normal business hours. Catch the edges of the day: the last hour for Sydney or the first hour for Accra is usually the least painful option. Heads up: because Sydney changes its clocks and Accra doesn't, the difference moves by an hour twice a year. Confirm the overlap around the DST switch.
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