Growing up in Zambia, Diana Mutakafimbo never imagined she’d make a career for herself in sports. With a bachelor’s degree in international relations and development and a certificate in journalism, Diana began working for the Times of Zambia. She was placed at the sports desk, where she persevered to become one of Zambia’s most prominent sports journalists. In Zambia, sports remain a male-dominated field. Gender inequality surfaces in many ways, particularly sexual abuse scandals and cultural pressure to quit sports for domestic life. In her work, she strives to cover the story of female athletes and provide them a level of recognition that improves their career prospects and normalizes women’s sports for the Zambian public.

Diana is now a sports reporter for the Zambia Daily Mail, one of the country’s leading national daily newspapers. In 2018, she was awarded Sports Journalist of the Year, an annual award given to an outstanding sports journalist in Zambia. In addition to her work at the Daily Mail, Diana serves on the board of directors of Special Olympics Zambia, where she oversees media relations.