Q. Who was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana and also credited with the independence of Gold Coast from Britain in 1957?
Answer: Kwame Nkrumah
Notes: Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957. An influential advocate of Pan-Africanism, Nkrumah was a founding member of the Organization of African Unity and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet Union in 1962.