Captain Londy Ngcobo

A Global Ship Navigator and Africa’s First Female Dredge Master, Captain Londy Ngcobo is determined to unlock Africa’s ocean economy. With over 14 years of experience in the Maritime industry, her background includes Maritime Studies, International Merchant shipping experience, Advanced Dredging from the Netherlands IHC, an industry-shaking role as a former Executive Maritime Compliance Manager for Transnet National Ports Authority, and now she is Chief Executive of Womaritime Experts and Founder of Global Maritime Youth. All of these achievements explain her nickname of “The BLACKMERMAID”.

This Black Excellence award-winning Woman in Scarce Skills serves on various boards in the transport sector and on other influential organisations within leadership, women, and youth spheres. All of these are part of Londy’s goals to ensuring continuous growth and development of Africa’s transport professions; this will be achieved through advocacy, training and awareness as well as by strengthening the competitiveness and employment creating potential for Africans.

As a mother and wife, Londy is driven by being involved in the empowerment of women and youth. Her experience has equipped her with the ability to focus on providing sustainable tools for women to thrive and her zest for life encourages the youth to think outside the box.

As she said at the 2020 Forbes Africa Woman Leading Women Summit, “I didn’t choose to be a rose from the Titanic, I chose to Captain the Titanic!’ And through her popular TEDx Talk “Anchors Aweigh, No Rest For The First” this Blackmermaid sure is making waves on land.

Londy’s Awards and recognition include her being:

  • named in Avance Media’s the 2020 ‘100 Most Influential Young South Africans, and in the same year,
  • acclaimed the KZN Ambassador in the ‘Gagasi FM Shero Awards’
  • the 2nd runner-up for 2019 in the ‘Women In Transport (Leadership category)
  •  included in the ‘Walk Of Fame Monument – Maritime Pioneers’ – Transnet National Ports Authority (2019)
  •  in the Top 30 under 40 Most Influential Younger Women in Africa
  • a winner in the ‘Women In Leadership Awards’
  • Transnet Chief Executive Awards
  • Best Innovation Award
  • Black Excellence Awards
  • Standard Bank SA Rising Stars Awards
  • International Standards awards – SOLAS
  • Women In Transport Awards – Top 3 (Leadership category)
  • Ndalo Media’s Destiny Magazine “Power Of 40” feature
  • One of 44 Young Leaders
  • Top 30 under 40 Most Influential Woman in Maritime, Logistics , Oil & Gas
  • In The Spotlight Speaker Recognition – 2020
  • SA Township Legend Award
  • Clermont Most Influential Woman – 2019

 

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We invited Londy as a guest speaker for our graduation in Durban this year. Her talk was as impressive as what she has achieved thus far in her career. She is energetic, inspiring and challenges her audience to dream big and work hard so that these dreams can come true.

Dr. Antje HargarterSchool of Investment and Banking at Milpark Education

We hosted an employee event for Women's Month, themed #ClaimYourPoWer. Londy came highly recommended. Our engagements with her prior, during and after the event were pleasant and her vibrant energy and professionalism were felt. Londy was with us on the day as our speaker and she superseded our expectations! She blew the audience away with her captivating demeanor and grand personality. Her story is absolutely inspiring and ignited a fire in all of us.

Mkabayi TshabalalaGroup Internal Communications Specialist at Liberty

Ms Londy Ngcobo is a Dredge Master at TNPA and we have worked together on a number of maritime capacity building and awareness programmes. She is a remarkable lady when it comes to inspiring young people, that you can be anything you dream of if you work hard and her journey to becoming a first women Dredger is a good testimony. Her latest journey as a conference facilitator and motivational speaker in the context of maritime shows how empowering women is a sure booster to attracting 'girl child' into maritime/shipping. Set on sail and steer the ship Londy to Port! For a smooth sail never made a skillful sailor!!

Tsepiso Taoana-MashiloaneMaritime Industry Development