# AdwumaTech AI Ghana Dashboard v5
A more detailed, evidence-first Ghana company media-intelligence dashboard.
## Run it
1. Install Node.js 18 or newer.
2. Open Terminal in this folder.
3. Run:
```bash
npm start
```
4. Open `
localhost`
Do not open `public/index.html` directly. The server is required for reliable live searches.
## Live features
- Search any Ghana company, SME, startup, bank, nonprofit, product brand, or trading name.
- Up to 250 current public-news results from GDELT DOC 2.0.
- Deduplication by publisher and normalized title.
- Mention timeline.
- Positive, neutral, and negative headline signals.
- Reputation score, momentum, unique-source count, confidence estimate.
- Top publishers and source geography.
- Filterable evidence table with direct source links.
- CSV evidence export.
## Important limits
“Any company” means the user can enter any name; it does not guarantee that public coverage exists. Smaller businesses may return zero results. The official Ghana ORC site should be used to verify registration/name availability.
A lawful production service needs separate licensed or authorized connectors for:
- Meta, TikTok, YouTube, X, LinkedIn and other social platforms.
- Ghana radio and TV audio streams plus speech-to-text.
- Podcast feeds and transcripts.
The dashboard never invents data for unavailable channels.
## Data methodology
The backend searches GDELT for the exact company phrase plus `Ghana`, normalizes article metadata, removes likely duplicates, and classifies headline wording with an explainable keyword method. This is a directional signal and requires human review.
## Improved company discovery in v3
The backend now automatically tries:
- The exact company name plus Ghana.
- A broader unquoted company-name search plus Ghana.
- A shortened version with terms such as Ltd, Limited, PLC, Company, and Ghana removed.
- Relevance ranking that favors exact names, matching brand tokens, Ghanaian sources, and Ghana re …