[1][2] Akakpo left Auxerre on a free transfer in January 2009 and moved to Liga I team Vaslui in Romania on a lucrative deal.

[4] Akakpo played for 1461 Trabzon of TFF First League in 2015 before completing a loan move to Süper Lig team Trabzonspor, after seven appearances the club signed him on a permanent contract.

[4] On 31 January 2017, Akakpo joined Turkish second-tier side Gaziantep BB.

[4][5] Akakpo has represented the Togo national team since 2008, becoming captain on numerous occasions.

In January 2010, Akakpo was one of the players involved when the Togo national team's bus was targeted in a gunfire attack by rebels in Angola two days before the team was to play in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.