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Ghana Rising

In her sweeping feature Ghana Rising, award-winning travel writer Lola Akinmade Åkerström captured Accra’s creative energy at the height of the Year of Return. From Jamestown’s pulsating art scene to the city’s bold fashion houses, she mapped the cultural renaissance defining Ghana today.

At the heart of it, our founder Stefania Manfreda shared the Elle Lokko story — from the early days of Lokko House to curating a space dedicated to women’s fashion, art, and lifestyle. In Lola’s words, Elle Lokko is part of the city’s new vanguard: rooted in Accra, globally resonant, and always evolving.