Akofa is currently the Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Executive Committee of the Bank of Africa. She is also a Non-Executive Director and Chairperson of the board of Savvy Securities Ghana Ltd. She has over 15 years of experience in the banking industry and her expertise includes Enterprise Risk Management, Liquidity & Investments Management, Financial and Economic Analysis, Asset, and Liability Management, and Financial Markets Trading.

Akofa has contributed to the deepening of financial and economic knowledge in Ghana, having published some articles in the Ghanaian dailies on topical economic issues and been part of several webinars.