On October 20, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Dr. Thomas Mensah was Honored in a ceremony by former Governor Robert Frank List and Business Leaders in the area. The ceremony was organized by Dr. Nana Kufuor MD, one of the Founders of the Ghana Association in Las Vegas (GALV) and his wife Jenny Kufuor.

During his keynote address, Dr. Mensah spoke about the invention and development of Fiber Optics in the United States (US) and his Pioneering Role in moving the Technology from the laboratories in Corning to the factory floors and industries globally, an innovation which has helped make social media possible today and among others led to the global expansion of the Internet platform.

90% of Facebook and Google Traffic is transmitted over Fiber Optic Submarine Cables, which uses the Ultra High Strength Fiber Optics technology based on the pioneering discoveries and inventions of Dr. Mensah that earned him 7 US patents over a period of 6 years.

Dr. Mensah also spoke about new technological developments he is working on including a new book titled ‘Nanotechnology Commercialization’ which he is editor-in-chief of and his role in developing the platform for the Internet of Things (IoT). He demonstrated a new smartwatch that can change television channels based on hand gestures which are being developed by Hug Innovations.

'The Right Stuff Comes in Black Too', the title of Dr. Mensah's autobiography was autographed by him and copies were given to former Governor List of Nevada and Dr. Kwabena Kufuor. The President of GALV, Mr. Jojo Nduom gave the closing remarks at the event.

Dr. Kufuor and Mr. Nduom praised Dr. Mensah for turning his attention to Ghana and Africa, with his High-Speed Train Proposal for Ghana and other countries and his Airport Maintenance facility for West Africa proposed to be built in Kumasi, Ghana. "These projects will revolutionize the transportation infrastructure in Ghana, something that is badly needed", Mr. Ndoum said.

Based on his interests in sustainable development for Ghana, Dr. Mensah took the opportunity of his presence in Nevada to tour the Hoover Dam, located 45 Minutes from Las Vegas. This Dam generates and supplies Electricity to 6 US states including California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. This is one of the largest Engineering structures in the world as well as one of the largest Power generating dams.

Over 10% of the audience in attendance at the event were old students of Adisadel College located in Cape Coast, Ghana, which also happens to be where Dr. Mensah had his secondary education.