Pan-African media network
Understanding of African narratives, audiences and media ecosystems, drawing on the experience and reach of AllAfrica Global Media.
The firm
Africa focus.
Global impact.
Relationships are the infrastructure of opportunity.
Our role
Connecting
Ambition
Across
Borders
Results depend on relationships, trust and expertise that create opportunity with lasting impact.
African countries and companies seek investment, technology, trade, infrastructure, expertise, and access to global markets. Multinational corporations and investors seek growth, talent, innovation, and strategic new markets.
AllAfrica Advisors creates success at that intersection. The firm combines deep knowledge of Africa and institutional relationships across sectors with international diplomatic experience to help clients build partnerships that deliver.
Our network
Relationships with
reach and context.
A network spanning media professionals, government stakeholders, business leaders, investors and institutions.
Drawing on the experience and relationships of AllAfrica Global Media and its principals, AllAfrica Advisors brings an understanding of African audiences, public conversations and institutional priorities to its advisory work.
Combined with diplomatic experience, these relationships help clients identify relevant partners, develop informed engagement strategies and communicate their priorities effectively.
Explore our servicesWhy AllAfrica Advisors
Experience. Access. Judgment. Impact.
Diplomatic experience
Experience navigating governments, international institutions, negotiations and complex policy environments.
Africa expertise
Firsthand experience and relationships across African governments, businesses, institutions and communities.
Global access
Relationships across business, investment, government, media, philanthropic and institutional communities.
Strategic judgment
Perspective on decisions where politics, economics, security, business and reputation intersect.
Trusted relationships
Credibility, discretion and mutual respect at the centre of long-term engagement.
Our founder
Leadership grounded
in experience.
Experience in media, institutional leadership and international engagement informs the advice we bring to our clients.
Founder
Amadou Mahtar Ba
Media leadership · African networks · Convening
Amadou Mahtar Ba is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of AllAfrica Global Media, Inc., which operates AllAfrica.com. His career connects African media, institutional leadership and international partnerships.
He led the restructuring and privatization of the Pan-African News Agency in the 1990s and later served as CEO of the African Media Initiative, a pan-African organization focused on strengthening the continent’s media sector.
He has served on the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment and the World Economic Forum’s Network of Global Agenda Councils, alongside other boards and international working groups. He brings this experience in media, relationships and convening to his role as founder of AllAfrica Advisors.
Our promise
From ambition
to engagement.
We help clients engage across borders with confidence and a clear strategy.
For governments, that means translating national ambitions into international partnerships and connecting leaders with the capital, expertise, markets and institutions that serve their citizens.
For African companies, it means turning success into wider opportunity. For international companies and investors, it means the knowledge, relationships and judgment needed to engage effectively.
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