Forbes in partnership with (FIN) Foreign Investment Network recently awarded the Forbes ‘Best of Africa’ awards. The award ceremony took place via virtual meeting during the Forbes-FIN Philanthropy and Roundtable conference. Dr. Rajan Mahtani was a honorary speaker during the event which took place on 6th August 2021. Furthermore, Dr. Rajan Mahtani was bestowed with the prestigious ‘Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year’ award by Forbes under the ‘Best of Africa’ category. Dr. Rajan Mahtani accepted the award through online platform only.
In his acceptance speech, Dr. Rajan Mahtani thanked god for his blessings and also thanked his team for the support and being responsible that ultimately helped in achieving success. Dr. Rajan Mahtani is the founder of several successful businesses. However, his most successful business has been the Mahtani Group of Companies which was established in the year 1981. In a matter of time, Mahtani Group reached heights by expanding its business base to several locations including Malawi and South Africa. The company quickly grew to become a conglomerate and expanded to diverse sectors such as financial, insurance services, agriculture, energy, real estate and mining. Forbes recognised Dr. Rajan Mahtani for not only his business and leadership contributions, but also for his philanthropic and charitable contributions. Dr. Rajan Mahtani founded the PFZ (Prison Fellowship Zambia) which he is the current Chairman of. The program advocates for welfare of the inmates, ex-inmates as well as their families. Dr. Rajan Mahtani believes that improvement of the society is only possible when the lower strata of people are provided with opportunities and means to improve their live and live in a respectful and humble manner. As such, the fellowship program advocates for fair and transparent criminal justice process. Dr. Rajan Mahtani further contributed to the agricultural sector by providing significant funds. His contributions towards educational sector is significant which includes establishment of the Stephen Malama award and scholarship for top law graduates from Zambia.
Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani continues to work for the betterment of the Zambian society.