Aaron Mubanga Jnr covers Zambian betting for AXN Sports from Lusaka, where he has spent more than fifteen years writing about football and the business that surrounds it. He founded ZamFoot, the Zambian football platform that grew into one of the country’s most followed independent sports outlets, and he still writes with a reporter’s habit of checking a claim before repeating it. On AXN Sports he turns that on the bookmakers: which ones hold a Betting Control and Licensing Board licence, how quickly kwacha actually reaches an Airtel or MTN wallet, and whether a welcome offer survives a careful read of its terms.
What he writes about
Aaron’s beat is Zambian football and the betting markets that sit alongside it: the MTN Super League week by week, the Chipolopolo through Africa Cup of Nations and World Cup qualifying, and the European fixtures that fill most Zambian betslips. He writes the operator comparisons on this site, the payment guides covering Airtel Money, MTN Mobile Money and Zamtel Kwacha, and the explainers on decimal odds, accumulators and bonus terms. He has a long standing interest in women’s football, an area still underserved by Zambian sports coverage and by the bookmakers pricing it.
Experience and background
Aaron has worked in sports communication and brand storytelling for over fifteen years. He built ZamFoot from a small blog into a platform reaching an audience of more than 900,000 across its digital channels, and he has produced sports and betting campaigns for brands including Betway and Cola Holding, which gave him a view of the industry from the operator side as well as from the newsroom. His reporting has been recognised twice: he was named ZPL Journalist of the Season for digital coverage in 2025, and he finished in the top ten at the AIPS Awards in 2019.
How he approaches a betting guide
Aaron starts from what a Zambian bettor actually does: opens an account on a phone, funds it with mobile money, and wants the winnings back in the same wallet without a week of waiting. So he tests that path rather than describing it. He checks the licence first, then the deposit and withdrawal route on each network, then the price on a Super League fixture against the same match at a rival book. Bonus terms get read in full, because the wagering requirement usually matters more than the headline figure. Where a fact moves quickly, such as tax or a promotion, he says so plainly rather than leaving a reader to find out the hard way.
