Ashy Akakpo is a 23-year-old emerging Soulful and Gospel singer/songwriter from London, UK as well as the head and co-founder of the ministry, ‘The Awake Ministries’. Ashy Akakpo started her journey in music in 2019. Although she had always been singing from a very young age. As a child, Ashy was encouraged to sing at church, various school events and outside of school too by family and friends. By the age of 12, she had learnt to play the piano and drums, highlighting her love for music.

She had always been interested however in writing since a child. She had won awards in the past for creative writing and so decided to pursue her passion for writing by starting a blog as well as studying Creative Writing and English Literature as a degree. 

However, one Saturday evening, after she had sung at a concert at her church, someone came over to her and told her she should release a single or CD. So, after years of prayer and consideration, she decided to take up the challenge in October of 2019, with God as her guide. She realised that God wanted her to use her singing as a ministering tool for his glory, and stop holding it to herself.

In February 2020, Ashy released her first single “Without Condition”. She plans on releasing two more singles throughout the course of the year. 


Although she is a gospel singer, her singing style is quite soulful. Her vocal ability is powerful, dynamic, rich and similar to Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin and Tramaine Hawkins.
 

Ashy also recognised a deep passion she had for the preaching and teaching of the gospel, especially when it comes to the youth. She acknowledged how so many youth are looking for truth and a community to belong to, but don’t know where to go or who to turn to. So, for this reason, after a lot of prayer and fasting, she with her two friends Darnell Christie and Florence Banjo, founded The Awake Ministries in June 2021.

The Awake Ministries is a London, UK based, youth-focused, Christ centred and evangelism driven ministry, with one aim, to wake up youth and bring them to truth.