Ghana Association. Ghana competed in the Winter Olympics in 2010 for the first time. Ghana qualified for the 2010 Winter Olympics, scoring 137.5 International Ski Federation points, within the qualifying range of 120–140 points. Ghanaian skier, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, nicknamed "The Snow Leopard", became the first Ghanaian to take part in the Winter Olympics, at the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, taking part in the slalom skiing. Ghana finished 47th out of 102 participating nations, of whom 54 finished in the Alpine skiing slalom. Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong broke on the international skiing circuit, being the second black African skier
FPSO Kwame Nkrumah was renamed "Kwame Nkrumah MV21", and on 15 May 2010 she started her trip for her base in the Western Coast of Ghana. She arrived in Ghana on 21 June 2010. The vessel is estimated to cost US$875 million. The vessel has a width of and is in length. It is about the size of three standard football fields put together. The FPSO "Kwame Nkrumah" uses the biggest turret ever constructed in the oil industry. It can process of oil and of production gas, with a storage capacity of . It has 17 modules weighing more than 12,500 tonnes installed