Josline Itoua Ndake has headed the Land Freight Management Office at the Directorate General of Land Transport in Brazzaville since 26 June 2024. She took part in the office’s official launch in December 2024, serving as rapporteur, speaker and event organiser.
She holds a master’s degree in maritime and port management obtained in 2020 from the TRAINMAR Centre in Dakar, and has built expertise in corridor management and the blue economy. She regularly speaks at regional conferences on maritime security and women’s leadership in the maritime sector, including in Accra (Ghana), Lomé (Togo), Cotonou (Benin), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria) and Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo). In October 2026, she organised a seminar in Brazzaville on women’s leadership in Congo’s maritime sector, bringing together around a hundred women.
She chairs the Carrières Pour Elles association and WlMA-Congo, and serves as national coordinator for the WIMAFRICA and WIMOWCA networks. She is also secretary general of the National Chamber of Women Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs of Congo (CNFCEEC) and founder of AFRIKMAR magazine, dedicated to maritime economics.
After completing secondary school in Congo, she pursued her studies in Senegal: a BTS in international trade at the Institut Technique et Commercial, a professional bachelor’s degree in business engineering at the Institut Business School, and a master’s degree in maritime and port management at the TRAINMAR Centre in Dakar. In 2023 she received the Leadership Award for Supporting Women in Lagos, and in 2026 an excellence award in Dakar for her participation in the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development of Maritime Transport and Logistics in the Blue Economy.
Professional Experience· 3
Teaching Trainee
Agence Nationale des Affaires Maritimes (Sénégal)
Novembre 2020 - Janvier 2021
Teaching internship contract within the agency.
Head of the Land Freight Management Office
Direction générale des transports terrestres
2024 - aujourd’hui
Has led the office since its creation and organised its official launch in December 2024, as rapporteur and speaker.
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Magazine AFRIKMAR
depuis le 30 septembre
Founded and runs the editorial team of a magazine dedicated to maritime economics.
Education· 7
Certificate of Participation, Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea through Women’s Leadership and Regional Action
Organisation des Nations unies contre le crime et la drogue
2026
Certificate of Participation, Leadership and Women’s Inclusion in Maritime Security and Good Governance in the Gulf of Guinea
Organisation des Nations unies contre le crime et la drogue
2025
Training Certificate, Maritime Security and Transnational Crime
Centre Kofi Annan du Ghana
2022
Master’s Degree in Maritime and Port Management
Centre TRAINMAR de Dakar, Université maritime et logistique (Sénégal)
2020
Professional Bachelor’s Degree in Business Engineering
Institut Business School (I.B.S), Sénégal
2004
Higher Technical Diploma (BTS) in International Trade
Institut Technique et Commercial (ITECOM), Sénégal
2003
Baccalauréat, Series A
Lycée Emery Patrice Lumumba, République du Congo
2000
Awards & Honors
Leadership Award for Supporting Women
2023
Excellence Award for Participation in the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development of Maritime Transport and Logistics in the Blue Economy
2026