The 7CAP team

Franck-Stéphane DEDI is an economist, financier, statistician and entrepreneur. He has led 7CAP since 2022. He also works as an independent consultant across many fields, notably the financial sector (microfinance, banking and insurance), agribusiness, technology and sector studies, for organisations such as the African Union, IATF, the African Solidarity Fund, the World Bank and the AfDB.

He has nearly 15 years of experience in data collection and analysis, strategy consulting, finance, fundraising and project management and evaluation. His career includes roles as Director of M&A and Fundraising at KeysFinance Partners, Senior Consultant at Dalberg Global Advisors, Senior Analyst at Hudson & Cie, Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young and Associate Project Manager at the European Union.

Franck-Stéphane has supported a wide range of public and private clients in more than 60 countries across Africa, Europe and Asia. To date, he has worked on and/or led fundraising operations totalling 3 billion dollars.

He holds an Engineer Statistician Economist (ISE) degree from the École Nationale Supérieure de Statistique et d'Économie Appliquée (ENSEA), a centre of excellence of the World Bank Group and WAEMU. He is also certified in Leadership by the University of Badagry (Nigeria) and in Management by the Ernst & Young Training Center in Johannesburg (South Africa). He is fluent in French, English and Spanish.

Nassifatou TIMITE specialises in financial engineering, financial analysis and strategy advisory. She has been a financial analyst at 7CAP since 2024, working on finance and strategy assignments and supporting companies and public institutions.

Her experience covers financial analysis, project appraisal, financing structuring and economic analysis. She helps process financial and operational data, prepare professional reports and draw up recommendations. Her background also gives her a grasp of client relations, compliance and risk analysis.

Before joining 7CAP, she gained experience in banking, insurance, retail and services, giving her a cross-cutting understanding of companies' financial and operational issues and a particular interest in business financing. She is also involved in community development and in educational and civic initiatives, such as promoting reading and academic excellence.

Nassifatou holds a Master's degree in Financial Engineering from the Institut des Hautes Études de Sousse (Tunisia). She has also completed further training in financial analysis and in managing gender-sensitive economic policies.

Anna KONDO has been a financial analyst at 7CAP, a pan-African investment bank, since 2023. She works in strategic and financial advisory and on fundraising operations, supporting companies in their development and growth projects.

She helps structure client projects and identify financing solutions suited to their needs, strengthening their ability to raise the resources their ambitions require.

Anna has built particular expertise in structuring and supporting SMEs. She also regularly helps organise professional events, such as training and information seminars for executives in the key sectors targeted by 7CAP, on investment strategy and financial management.

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Banking and Insurance from the Institut International Polytechnique des Élites d'Abidjan (IIPEA).

Joël is an Engineer Statistician Economist (ISE) specialising in strategy consulting, economic analysis, data collection and analysis, and project coordination. At 7CAP since 2026, he works on strategy consulting, operations coordination and project management assignments.

He has led economic and sector studies, strategic analyses and projects, and contributed to more than 15 study and strategy consulting projects in West Africa and the Indian Ocean for public institutions and private companies. He has notably worked for several Ivorian institutions, including the Prime Minister's Office, the Public Service Observatory, the State Portfolio Directorate General and the National Health Insurance Fund, and took part in a United Nations Economic Commission for Africa project on mobilising diaspora financing for the AES countries.

He also worked for the AXIAN group on strategy and partnerships in education, helping train 200 children in digital skills and develop partnerships with IFC, the World Bank and UNICEF. In the private sector, he carried out market studies and consulting assignments in urban transport, health and digital microfinance, among others.

Joël graduated from ENSEA Abidjan and specialised in Responsible Innovation at ESCP Business School in Paris.

Martinien Brice DEDI is an Ivorian professional, entrepreneur and project manager specialising in construction and in following real estate and agricultural projects. He has worked on 7CAP projects since 2026, bringing hands-on knowledge of the building trades and project coordination skills.

With more than 10 years of experience, he masters several building trades: plumbing, painting, electrical work, air conditioning, tiling and waterproofing. He has built varied experience in installation, repair, maintenance and renovation work. Since 2016, he has worked on various sites and for private clients, offering solutions suited to their technical needs.

Alongside this, he holds responsibilities in managing real estate and agricultural projects, reflecting his interest in entrepreneurship, making the most of resources and developing concrete, high-potential projects.

Brice graduated in Economics and Management from Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan.