Amadou Mahtar Ba Millennium Africa Foundation presented him in 2014 with its Lifetime Achievement Award alongside laureates Goodluck Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank. Mr. Ba is also included as one of the top 500 Africans contributing to the rise of the continent by "Africa24" magazine. EXPO 2015 and Afronline awarded Mr. Ba the 2012 African Media Prize for his "outstanding contribution to African Media and his skills on promoting innovation among African Media." Amadou Mahtar Ba Amadou Mahtar Ba is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of AllAfrica Global Media Inc,
African Cross Country Championships sport's top competitors come from Africa means that the top runners at the World Cross Country Championships, especially in the men's section, are largely the same ones which would form the field of an African Championships – at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships the top 25 finishers in the men's race, and the top 12 in the women's race, were all African-born. Commenting on the dominance of the competition, IAAF president Lamine Diack said that the competition had "become not only an African affair but an East African affair, and these days you don't even get athletes from