Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani, a noted businessman and philanthropist from Zambia, recently received a prestigious award from Forbes. This award ceremony was held during the annual Forbes-FIN philanthropic and roundtable conference. Foreign Investment Network (FIN) is a UK-based organization that has been a critical driver for FDIs (foreign direct investments) across Africa as well as several developing economies. The objective of these strategies is changing the continent’s narrative. Over the years, FIN in partnership with several international organizations including Forbes have organised more than 40 international business and investment events for supporting the African market.

This roundtable conference is one of the most awaited and crucial business events in Africa as it is organized by Forbes with participation of local and international personalities. The roundtable conference invited international business communities, political leaders, opinion leaders, spiritual leaders, entrepreneurs, media partners, international investors as well as leaders from several sectors and areas who have contributed towards development of African nation in a significant manner. Dr. Rajan Mahtani was one of the honorary speakers during the event.

This year’s event was held online as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The online event addressed philanthropy and humanitarian issues as well as the role of leadership in these areas. One of the strategic goals of this business event is charting action course for creating awareness regarding support for several public, private and national projects aimed towards benefiting the African economy and its society. Towards this goal, the Forbes ‘Best of Africa’ awards are organized with the objective of recognising the significant contributions of leaders and philanthropists. Dr. Rajan Mahtani was not only a honorary speaker during the event, he was also one of the winner of the Forbes ‘Best of Africa’ awards. To recognise and honor Dr. Mahtani’s contributions towards business, philanthropy as well as banking industry of Zambia, he was bestowed with the prestigious ‘Entrepreneur of the year’ award 2021. Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani was the only businessman for entire Zambia to be selected for this award.