On duty · Accra desk
She is the brand they dialled.
Eight numbers divert to one official phone. Fifty-eight live .com brands — plus the Kronix cluster — will sound like they have a private front desk. CID is the caller. She confirms the company. Near-names are not the same company.
Live greeting · CID is the caller
Good morning, this is Ama, how may I help you?
That is the opening on almost every ring. Then: “Please, which company were you calling?” Never guess. Never “hello”. Never Pro Answer Ghana unless they dialled the house line.
Once they name it, lock it: Good morning, Tilers Ghana, this is Ama, how may I help you?
Desk name on the greeting
Ama and Elisabeth on every brand. Akosua and Efua also authorised. First name only.
Shift score
- Scripts marked0/215
- Drills completed0/17
- Line tests0/8
- Quiz best0%
- Brands on the desk66
Official phone
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra — keep it. It is the right duty phone.
Do not switch to iPhone for this job. Eight brands diverting onto one mobile, plus Walada Command Centre on-screen while she talks, is an Android job.
- CID will usually be the caller, not the brand. Samsung Dual SIM still shows which SIM is ringing when two numbers sit in the phone. iPhone does not make that clearer.
- Split-screen: Walada Command Centre on one half, the live call on the other. She logs without putting the client on a noisy hold. iPhone cannot do this properly.
- 5,000 mAh. She picks as often as possible. A tired iPhone 11 / 12 / 13 Pro Max will die mid-shift.
- Call waiting on the Samsung Phone app is built for a second ring while she is live.
iPhone 11 / 12 / 13 Pro Max — No.
Aging batteries, weaker eSIM, no split-screen Walada. They will fail the all-day pickup.
iPhone 14 Pro Max — No advantage.
Still no real split-screen CRM. No extra help with eight forwarded GSM lines.
iPhone 15 — No.
Smaller battery than the S23 Ultra. Worse for all-day duty.
iPhone 15 Pro Max — Only later, and only with a cloud PBX.
The one iPhone that could work — if Walada or a softphone shows the brand name on inbound. Until that exists, keep the S23 Ultra.
Truth
Say only what is verified. Never invent prices, ETAs, staff locations, or technical fixes. CID is the caller — never guess the brand.
Tone
Elite Ghana: titled, unhurried, high-class in English, French, Twi or Ewe. No slang in any language. The caller must feel a no-nonsense company.
Trajectory
Every call ends with a next step, an owner, and a time — then it is filed in Walada Command Centre.
Ten things she never gets wrong
- 01Answer by the third ring. Smile before you lift. Sit upright. Official S23 Ultra, volume up, Walada open.
- 02CID is usually the CALLER, not the brand. Confirm the company before you speak a brand name. Never guess.
- 03Never say Pro Answer Ghana unless they asked who provides the answering, or they dialled the house.
- 04Never reveal that you answer for many brands. You are the front desk of the brand they named. Near-names are different companies — Construct GH is not Contractors Ghana; Pro Answer is not Elite Answer.
- 05Capture before you promise. Name, number (read back), area + landmark, request, urgency, callback window.
- 06This desk does not handle money. No prices, no MoMo, no cash, no refunds.
- 07Safety beats sales. Fire, shock, injury, collapse, gas, flooding — escalate immediately.
- 08Pick and process, or transfer. If transfer fails: meeting, about three hours, she can call back or they may call this line again.
- 09Read back every number, name spelling, and next step. Then file it in Walada Command Centre within two minutes.
- 10Main office if asked: Awoshie-Anya, on the main road. Branches are on the website. Do not invent a yard.
Start here today
Hand the handbook
Complete sit-down PDF/HTML — every brand, every script. Pin the duty card after.
Open
Issue to Ama & Elisabeth
Private house URL (desk.proanswerghana.com). WhatsApp copy. Never a trade brand.
Open
Test the 8 numbers
CID is the caller. Confirm-brand. Dual ring. Walada.
Open
Drill if-they-say
215 caller lines. Gold vs amateur.
Open
Play a full call
17 end-to-end scenarios with scoring.
Open
Capture card — every call · then Walada
Brand they named
CID is the caller. Confirm the company. Never guess.
Caller name + title
Mr, Mrs, Madam, Nana, Nii, Togbe, Dr, Ing, Arc, QS.
Phone (read back)
Usually already on CID. Still read back. Confirm WhatsApp.
Second number
If they mention a driver, site, or spouse.
Company / role
B2B: company, position, who decides.
Area + landmark
East Legon, near A&C Mall — never 'Accra' alone.
Need, in their words
Then restate in trade language.
Urgency
Emergency / today / this week / planning.
Callback window
Before 2pm, after close of business, WhatsApp only.
How they found us
Signboard, referral, Google, repeat client.
Action taken
Filed in Walada / transferred / processed.
Next step + time
Duty manager returns before 5pm today.