Ibrahim Mahama lauya ne ɗan ƙasar Ghana, kuma ma'aikacin gwamnati . Shi ne Kwamishinan yaɗa labarai na Ghana daga 1968 zuwa 1969. Mahama an haife shi ne a Tibung (wani gari kusa da Tamale ) a cikin Yankin Arewacin Yammacin Kogin Zinariya a shekarar 1936. Bayan ya kasance tare da iyayensa tsawon shekaru goma sha biyar (15), ya yanke shawarar zuwa makaranta shi kadai. Ya fara karatun sa na farko a makarantar firamare ta Savelugu daga 1951 zuwa 1953, da Makarantar Tsakiya ta Dagomba daga 1954 zuwa 1955. Bayan shekara guda, sai ya shiga makarantar sakandaren Gwamnati, Tamale (yanzu Tamale Babban Sakandare ), inda ya yi karatu har zuwa 1962. A waccan shekarar, ya sami gurbin karatu a Jami'ar Ghana . A can, ya sami digiri na farko na Doka a 1965 da Takaddar Dokarsa ta Ƙwarewa a 1966. Bayan karatunsa a Jami'ar Ghana, Mahama ya yi aiki a matsayin lauya mai zaman kansa a Law Chambers a Accra . An naɗa shi Kwamishinan yada labarai a shekarar 1967. Ya yi aiki a wannan matsayin har zuwa 1968 lokacin da Issifu Ali ya gaje shi.