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INDEPENDENT FIRM · 2021

Illuminate the sovereign decision.

Hivesia — Hive Strategic Impact Advisors — is an independent African firm operating on a hybrid advisory + sovereign-project operator model. We turn sovereign decisions into durable operational projects for African states, institutions and strategic operators.

VISION

An African firm at international standard.

To build a continental reference in economic intelligence, able to compete with the world's best firms while keeping the African anchoring and reading of its subjects.

MISSION

Illuminate, anticipate, secure.

To give public and private decision-makers a documented, independent and operational reading of the complex environments in which they operate.

VALUE · 01

Independence

Independent capital. No tolerated conflict of interest. A single loyalty: the mandate received.

VALUE · 02

Discretion

Absolute confidentiality. Discretion as method. No client communication without agreement.

VALUE · 03

Rigour

Systematic triangulation, primary sources, dated deliverables, traceability of analyses.

MMETHODOLOGY

A sober and operational approach.

Four phases, one thread: analytical quality in the service of the decision.

HIVESIA · MISSION WORKFLOW

CONFIDENTIAL

01 · Scoping

Confidential

Non-disclosure agreement, perimeter, risks, expected trajectory.

02 · Collection

Multi-source

OSINT, field, interviews, primary sources, triangulation.

03 · Analysis

Recommendation

An argued, prioritised, sourced deliverable. Clear decision options.

04 · Execution

Follow-up

Implementation, milestone reviews, posture updates.

LLEADERSHIP

A small, senior team.

Trained in information sciences and economic intelligence, our team is flexible, dynamic and highly qualified.

FOUNDER

Pap M. Ndiaye

Founding Director · Hivesia

Pap M. Ndiaye has led Hivesia since its founding in 2021. He supports the sovereign decisions of states, public institutions and large African organisations on the subjects where economic intelligence meets project management and political stewardship.

BackgroundInformation sciences & economic intelligence · institutional experience in West Africa
ExpertiseEconomic sovereignty, due diligence, delivery of sensitive strategic projects
AnchoringDakar (HQ) · Freetown — field mobility across West and Central Africa
LanguagesFrench · English — bilingual deliverables

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Christiane Trap

CO-FOUNDER · GOVERNANCE & COMPLIANCE

Co-founder of Hivesia, Christiane Trap oversees the firm's Governance & Compliance practice. She leads mandates in institutional design, governance structuring and multi-jurisdictional compliance for African public and private entities exposed to international regulation.

Her expertise covers OFAC and FATF compliance, African national anti-corruption frameworks, and the structuring of ethics committees for public institutions. She provides the methodological supervision of sensitive deliverables before client handover — guarantor of triangulation quality and source traceability.

Christiane has led or supervised a dozen significant institutional mandates for West African states and international donors since 2021.

Ousmane Kandji

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT · ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE

Associate consultant in charge of the Economic intelligence & sovereign watch practice, Ousmane Kandji runs the dedicated watch cells that Hivesia operates for its institutional clients and large organisations. Specialised in the geopolitical analysis of West Africa, he masters structured OSINT methods, complex stakeholder mapping and the reading of post-crisis dynamics.

His operational practice includes the continuous monitoring of high-sensitivity files (extractive corridors, political transitions, sector restructurings) with a high signal-to-noise discipline — favouring information that changes a decision, ignoring that which confirms what the client already thinks.

Ousmane is the lead author of the Hivesia Insights notes published on regional economic sovereignty.

Dr J. Karim

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANT · SECTORAL EXPERTISE

Associate consultant bringing deep sectoral expertise on the structuring value chains of the West African economy: natural resources (mining, hydrocarbons, strategic agriculture), infrastructure (energy, transport, telecoms), and the governance of large public enterprises. A doctorate-holder in his field, he combines academic rigour with operational experience.

On Hivesia mandates, Dr J. Karim acts as a mobilised sectoral expert on files requiring fine technical reading: due diligence of energy assets, sector restructuring, design of sectoral regulatory frameworks, assessment of mining contractual risks.

He also maintains the link with the network of Senior Advisors mobilised case by case according to each mandate's needs.

Senior Advisors

A network of experts mobilised, case by case.

Hivesia mobilises, case by case, a restricted circle of Senior Advisors with complementary profiles: former senior officials, leaders of public institutions, first-rank legal and financial experts. Their identity is shared with the client ahead of each mandate, under non-disclosure agreement.

Profile 01 · Public governance

Senior Advisor — Institutional reform

Former Secretary-General of a West African ministry. Deep experience in designing and steering institutional reforms in demanding political environments. Identity disclosable under NDA.

Profile 02 · Finance & donors

Senior Advisor — Financial structuring

Twenty years of experience in the financial structuring of sovereign projects and relations with multilateral donors (AfDB, AFD, World Bank, EU). Identity disclosable under NDA.

Detailed presentation of other mobilisable profiles (Senegalese legal, extractive resources, economic security) on motivated request.