In two 45 minutes matches, Akande scored against Pegasus Invitation in a 1–0 win and assisted his teammates in a 1–1 draw against the 2009 AFC Champions League winner.

He scored 5 goals including a hat-trick against Tuen Mun in the quarter-final for the 2012–13 Senior Shield that contributed the team's first ever title-triumph in the tournament.

His performance also earned him a place in the Hong Kong League XI for the 2013 Lunar New Year Cup where he played against Busan I'Park from Korea and Muangthong United from Thailand in this annual International tournament.

Akande also had his first opportunity in continental competition as he was chosen as one of the four foreign players for the 2013 AFC Cup quarter-final match against Al-Faisaly from Jordan.

Kitchee lost the 1st leg at home in a 1–2 defeat to the Jordanian side with Akande once equalized the score in the early 2nd half.

The same season Kitchee appointed former Spanish International and Atletico Madrid goalkeeper José Francisco Molina as their head coach.

[9] Akande started in the 2018 World Cup AFC qualification second round match against Maldives on 12 November 2015 in which Hong Kong defeated the home side in a narrow 1–0 win.

Hong Kong finished the group stage as the 2nd runners-up and secured a direct entry to the 2019 Asian Cup qualifying third round.

On 9 November 2016, Akande scored four goals to lead Hong Kong to a 4–2 victory over Chinese Taipei in the 2017 EAFF East Asian Cup Second Round.

[10] Akande played all the remaining three 2018 World Cup AFC qualification second round matches of the Hong Kong national team against Maldives,[11] China[12] and Qatar.

[13] Hong Kong completed the group stage as the 2nd runners-up and secured a direct entry to the 2019 Asian Cup qualifying third round.