She is the first woman in Papua New Guinea — and the first in the world outside of New Zealand — to receive an Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) B License in coaching.
Playing with them until 2006, she helped the team win seven grand finals in the Port Moresby Soccer Association competition, and nine club championships.
[12][6] Similarly, FIFA's Live Your Goals initiative, launched globally in 2011 to strengthen girls' and women's opportunities and interests in soccer,[13] came to PNG in 2016.
[17] Frederica Sakette, a past PNGFA women's football development officer, recruited Aka as a volunteer coach in 2013.
[18][7] She got the opportunity to coach the national U-15 girls' team when they won the spot to represent Oceania in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
[18] PNG's national women's team maintains a high ranking in international competitions, and Aka is often involved in some level of coaching.
[23] Aka noted that the support she got from national and international soccer organizations made it possible for her to complete the accreditation process.