Lola Akinmade Åkerström ta kasance wacce ta lashe kyautan daukan hoto na Najeriya kuma marubuciya ce akan tafiye tafiye wanda ke zaune a Stockholm, Sweden . Ita ce babbar edita a Slow Travel Stockholm.   Ayyukanta sun kasance a cikin National Geographic Traveler, BBC, da CNN, a tsakanin sauran wallafe-wallafe.Ta karanci Tsarin Bayanai na Kasa (GIS) a Jami'ar Maryland. Ta fara rayuwarta a farkon rayuwarta a Lagos kudu maso yammacin Najeriya, inda ta kammala karatunta na farko kafin ta koma Amurka tana da shekaru 15. Ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin bayanai daga Jami'ar Maryland. A lokacin da take da shekaru 19, ta sami gurbin karatu a Jami'ar Oxford da ke Ingila amma ta kasa bin ta saboda kudade. A shekarar 2006, Åkerström ta sake komawa Sweden tare da mijinta. Åkerström ta fara aiki a matsayinta na yar jarida a Eco-Challenge . Ta yi aiki na tsawon shekaru 12 a matsayin mai haɓaka GIS kafin ta zama ƙwararren mai ɗaukar hoto. Tsakanin 2006 da 2007, ta shiga Matador Network kuma tayi aiki a matsayin edita. A watan Oktoba na 2009 ta yi murabus daga nadin nata a GIS duniya don biyan buƙata.