Amadou Mahtar Ba is a Senegalese businessperson. He is the co-founder and executive chairman of AllAfrica Global Media Inc; the owner and operator of AllAfrica.com an international multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest distributor of African news and information worldwide. From 2009 until May 2014, he was chief executive of the African Media Initiative, a Pan-African effort he established to provide the continent's media owners and practitioners with tools they need to play a stronger leadership role in their communities, countries and the region.[1]