Liam Okonkwo

Liam Okonkwo writes about West Africa for destination.com. Based in Lagos, he covers the region's creative economies — fashion in Dakar, film in Accra, music in Lagos and Abidjan — and the logistics of travelling across a continent where flights often route via Europe. He spent four years at BusinessDay's weekend magazine and two at Quartz Africa, and his features on Afrobeats tourism have been cited in The Guardian and the BBC. He joined destination.com in 2025.