Amy Sarr Fall

Amy Sarr Fall
Born
Dakar, Senegal
EducationAmerican University of Paris

Amy Sarr Fall is a Senegalese magazine founder. She is the publishing director of Intelligences, a magazine she founded in 2010. She is active in social work for women and youth. She is the initiator of "La Grande Rentrée Citoyenne".

Biography

Studies and career

Amy Sarr Fall completed her primary and secondary education in Dakar, Senegal, where she was born. After obtaining her baccalaureate in Dakar, she enrolled at the American University of Paris. At the time of her enrollment, she was the only Senegalese student at the university. She earned a double bachelor's degree in International Communication and International Business Administration before obtaining a master's degree in Global Communication. The UAP administration decided to organize a communication campaign around her in order to rally young people in her country to the cause.

In her work she met Abdou Diouf, the Secretary General of the International Organisation of the Francophonie, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Blog "World for Obama"

Through her blog "World for Obama, Citizens of the World", she mobilized some 3,000 people on the social network Facebook. Through this blog, she expressed her opinions on the 2008 United States presidential election, and was reported on by the The New York Times.

Return to Senegal and creation of Intelligences magazine

She returned to Senegal in 2009, where she founded a communications company that would help schools and hospitals prepare campaigns. She collaborated with the main hospital in Dakar. With Boubacar Wade, then Director General, she launched the HPD-PNLP coalition, which aimed to optimize efforts to combat malaria. In 2010, her magazine, Intelligences, was launched. The magazine focuses on key figures in the country's development.

References

  1. ↑ "Meet Senegal's publishing powerhouse". CNN. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  2. ↑ Ba, Mehdi (19 December 2016). "Amy Sarr Fall : une réussite communicative dans le monde des médias sénégalais". Jeune Afrique (in French).
  3. ↑ "5ème édition de la Grande rentrée citoyenne de la Revue Intelligences Magazine". www.presidence.sn (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  4. ↑ "MACKY SALL À LA 5E "GRANDE RENTRÉE CITOYENNE", LE 2 FÉVRIER". aps.sn (in French). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "5ème édition de la « Grande rentrée citoyenne » : Le président Macky Sall échangera avec les élèves en février". lesoleil.sn (in French). 14 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "AUP Alumna Amy Sarr Fall '03/G '06 | The American University of Paris". www.aup.edu. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
  7. ↑ Diop, Massene (9 February 2017). "Amy Sarr Fall et l'ancien Président de la République du Sénégal, Abdou Diouf". Leral.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  8. 1 2 Com, Seneweb (27 October 2008). "ÉLECTIONS AMERICAINES: Barack Obama vu par une Sénégalaise". seneweb.com (in French).
  9. ↑ "Amy Sarr Fall a quitté Paris et New York pour revenir bâtir chez elle : Aujourd'hui, elle inspire une génération". www.infoplus.mr (in French). 2025-06-23. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
  10. ↑ "Sénégal: Lutte contre le paludisme - L'Hôpital Principal et le Pnlp unissent leurs forces". allafrica.com (in French). 8 May 2009.
  11. ↑ "La directrice de Intelligences Magazine : Une Amy de l'intelligence". seneweb.com (in French). 15 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "18 Février 2011: le latent et le leadership féminin à l'honneur". dakar-info.com (in French). 17 February 2011.
  13. ↑ "Aminata Sow Fall, Annette Mbaye Derneville, Aminata Tall... : Le magazine Intelligences livre sa liste des 50 femmes sénégalaises d'exception". xibar.net (in French). 18 September 2010.
  14. ↑ "Communique de Presse: « La Tournée du Leadership Féminin » lancée par Intelligences Magazine mobilise plus de 3000 personnes à Saint Louis". ndarinfo.com (in French). 29 June 2011.
  15. ↑ "Une de Intelligences Magazine: Un palmarès de 50 figures attendues en 2017". dakaractu.com (in French). 26 January 2017.