Former captain of Ghana's female soccer team, Alberta Sackey, is a woman of many firsts. She was the first woman to lead her country's female soccer team to its first World Cup tournament in 1999 at a time when the male national team had failed successively to make its global soccer debut. Her goal in the 2003 Women's World Cup game between Ghana and Australia was nominated on FIFA.com for the greatest goal in Women's World Cup history. Now retired, Alberta Sackey reflects on her historic career and the future of female soccer in Africa. And, a banknote issued by the Central Bank of Algeria causes a stir in France as the French language is omitted on the banknote.

Homeschooling is on the rise among Black families especially in the United States. Homeschooling started in the 1970s but became even more popular during the COVID-19 pandemic. With pandemic restrictions mostly relaxed across the United States, data shows homeschooling is still gaining ground. We speak with Mavis Manns, a mother who homeschooled her three older children now in college and has her two younger children in homeschool. She tells us about some of the advantages of homeschooling. And, Namibia says it will renegotiate a deal it agreed last year with the German government for payment relating to the genocide of its indigenous people. 

Private radio in Ghana is a little over a quarter of a century old. The first license for commercial radio was issued in 1995 paving the way for what is today, a booming private radio scene. In 1997, a young entrepreneur set up Skyy Power FM, the first commercial radio station in the Western regional city of Takoradi, which had been deemed unprofitable by industry leaders. The station revived the once dormant city and has created thousands of jobs in its 25 years of operation. Our guest, Phillip Nyakpo was among the first group of young talents employed at the station. He chronicles the history of the station, Skyy Power FM and the impact it's had on the city of Takoradi in his book, Absolute Radio: The Inspiring True Story of the First Private Radio in Ghana's Western Region. Phillip talks to us about this incredible African story about entrepreneurship and the future of journalism in Africa. And, Madagascar's president fires his foreign minister for voting in favor of a United Nations resolution condemning Russian's recently held referendums to annex four regions in Ukraine.