She walked the 2017 New York Fashion Week, in September, working for the Bottega Veneta brand and was featured in the cover of Women’s Wear Daily magazine.
She then transferred to Comprehensive College Kitetika, in Wakiso District, for both O-Level and A-Level schooling, graduating in 2010.
In 2014 Akello met Aamito Stacie Lagum, another Ugandan model, who had just returned from an engagement outside the country.
After giving her consent, Akello was flown to South Africa and signed with Fusion Models Agency, in Cape Town, on a three-year contract.
She globe-trots between assignments in at least seven cities on three continents (Africa, Europe and North America), squeezing in a visit to her native Uganda every Christmas.