Port digital transformation · Benin
Since 2010, I have worked where technology meets institutional stakes: Port Community Systems, cybersecurity, API integration and regulatory compliance. My job is to make complex systems simple to use, reliable and secure.
What I do
From institutional vision to on-the-ground adoption, I support every stage of modernizing port and logistics ecosystems.
Connect every port stakeholder on a single platform: shipping lines, customs, terminals and freight forwarders. I design the business architecture, organize inter-agency cooperation and digitalize import/export procedures.
Secure sensitive exchanges (OAuth2, PKI) and ensure compliance with the ANSSI and APDP frameworks as well as international maritime standards (SOLAS, VGM, BESC/ECTN).
Make existing systems talk to each other: Terminal Operating Systems (Navis N4), ERP, EDI/EDIFACT messaging and WSO2 services, so operations flow seamlessly from end to end of the chain.
A tool is worthless if no one adopts it. I train teams and transfer skills to institutions: more than 100 professionals guided toward their new working tools.
Flagship project
The Port of Cotonou, Benin's economic engine, needed to move from a set of siloed systems to a genuine digital ecosystem: a common backbone connecting customs, the single window, stevedores and terminals, secure and aligned with the sector's international standards (IMO, IPCSA).
e-Port.bj Project Lead at the Autonomous Port of Cotonou (PAC), the port authority that brings the whole community together, since Nov. 2024. I lead the Port Single Information Portal (PSIP): single sign-on (SSO), digital services, electronic document management and secure exchanges (WSO2, OAuth2, PKI), compliant with ASIN and APDP requirements. Day to day, I coordinate the technical and business teams of many stakeholders (customs, terminals, banks, freight forwarders, state agencies). I personally authored the terms of reference (ToR) for each module, the integration specifications, the reform memoranda taken all the way to the Presidency, and the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the port community stakeholders. On governance and the portal's operating strategy, I work with the experts of Port of Antwerp-Bruges International (POABI).
More than 15 procedures digitalized for the port community. I also initiated Benin's request for IMO assistance on its Maritime Single Window, and served as the PAC focal point through to the IMO technical assistance mission at the Port of Cotonou (Dec. 2023), under the FAL Convention. The Phase 1 and 2 deliverables (portal, document library, e-services platform) passed technical acceptance in late 2025 and were validated in early 2026.
Career
From technical hands-on work to leading strategic projects, an expertise I have built role after role.
Autonomous Port of Cotonou (PAC)
I lead the port's digital transformation: a single portal where the whole port community (shipping lines, customs, freight forwarders) accesses its services with one secure login (SSO) and a shared document repository. Securing data exchange (APIs, encryption) in regulatory compliance, and contributing to the national strategy for the Maritime Single Window (IMO).
Autonomous Port of Cotonou (PAC)
Redesign of more than 15 import/export procedures (manifest validation, customs risk profiling, truck appointment booking at terminals), with defined performance indicators. Designed the business architecture of the future portal and the inter-agency cooperation framework (customs, freight forwarders), in line with international maritime standards.
Cotonou
Consulting in automation, data integration (ERP) and document dematerialization. Designed access-control and document-management platforms for the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC, ICAO standards), as well as the national overflight registry. More than 100 professionals trained in cybersecurity.
APM Terminals (Maersk Group), Cotonou
Administration of the container terminal operating system (Navis N4) with 99.8% uptime in 24/7 operations. Automation of billing and electronic data interchange (EDI) between port stakeholders. Support mission to optimize the APAPA terminal in Lagos (Nigeria).
APM Terminals (Maersk Group), Cotonou
Developed the container billing system handling more than 800,000 containers (TEU) per year, connected to the company ERP. Precision geolocation project (DGPS, training in Dubai). More than 100 users trained and level 1 & 2 technical support.
APM Terminals (Maersk Group), Cotonou
Set up infrastructure services (FTP, SMS, DHCP) and radio systems; maintenance of the IT fleet.
Education & certifications
ESGIS, Cotonou
ESGIS, Cotonou
ESGIS, Cotonou
Cybersecurity
Network Security Associate, network cybersecurity
In preparation
French (native) · English (professional)
Strategic project leadership · Institutional & regulatory vision · Rigor & security mindset
Contact
Are you a port, a maritime authority, an institution or a technical partner? If you are modernizing your logistics ecosystem, I can help you do it securely and compliantly.