Rajan Mahtani News

Forbes is one of the most well-known and established business magazines across the globe. Forbes is known for its famous lists such as Top 500 Entrepreneurs, Top 100 fortune 500 companies and so on. One of the reasons these lists and rankings are considered significant and of value is the rigorous and transparent selection process as well the brand power of Forbes. Few months back, Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani also found his name in this list with Forbes announcing Dr. Rajan Mahtani as the ‘Outstanding Business Entrepreneur of the Year’ 2021 award. This award was given under the Forbes ‘Best of Africa’ awards category. The awards ceremony was presented during the annual Forbes-FIN philanthropy and leadership business conference.  Dr. Rajan Mahtani is one of the most regarded and prestigious businessman in Zambia. He has just about forty years of business experience and has been persistently using this business experience for government assistance and improvement of the Zambian public...

The final decision from the Supreme Court Zambia on the claim by the Ventriglia family not only prevented another major controversy at the hands of the Zambian legal system, but also showcased the strength, endurance and transparency of the Zambian court. It can be said that after the misdirected decision by judge Nkonde at the Lusaka High Court on the Zambezi Portland Cement case, the people of Zambian started losing faith at the Zambian legal system. Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani waited for more than a decade for Lusaka High Court to give a fair and transparent judgement. Despite this wait, the Lusaka High Court judge announced Ventriglias as the only shareholders of the Portland Cement.  Dr. Rajan Mahtani still hoped for justice and immediately approached the Court of Appeal with his claim about the injustice at the Lusaka High Court. This time, his appeal was heard and judge Nkonde on behalf of the higher Court of Appeal announced Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani as the majority shareh...

For more than three decades, Dr. Rajan Mahtani and his companies have been warding off unethical, false and unruly rumours and baseless claims against him. At the same time, Dr. Rajan Mahtani has continued working for the economic, social and technological development of the Zambian economy. Furthermore, he is also known for several philanthropic and charitable contributions for the less privileged sections of the Zambian society. As a result, it is common to observe baseless rumours against him by those who are either jealous of his success and reputation or lost business as  Dr. Mahtani and his companies refused to engage in unethical business practices.  At the same time, there are some negative media campaigns or false rumours which need immediate attention. One such social media post was shared by Miriam Mwanawasa, daughter of the late Ex-President of Zambia who incidentally, shared a close friendship with Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani . In this Facebook post, Miriam Mwanaw...

Dr. Rajan Mahtani is known for his several business achievements spanning more than three decades. At the same time, Dr. Rajan Mahtani has made a unique name for himself with his charitable and philanthropic activities. These charitable and philanthropic activities have been observed across several sectors and areas such as education, environment, social work and poverty among others. One of the most significant philanthropic activities from Dr. Rajan Mahtani in the field of education has been the launch of the Steven Malama Award . Late Steven Malama was a close friend of Dr. Rajan Mahtani and a distinguished professional in the legal framework of Zambia. Late Steven Malama was a bar luminary, Supreme Court professional and contributed significantly towards the growth and development of legal framework in Zambia. One of his major contribution was persuading the Zambian Government to develop a legislation that would merge the two distinct bars in Zambian legal framework. These two ba...

Dr. Rajan Mahtani is a prominent businessman, humanitarian and philanthropist in Zambia . He is known for his various successful organizations including Mahtani Group of Companies, Finsbury Investments and Finance Bank Zambia . Dr. Rajan Mahtani is likewise known for his humanitarian and altruistic exercises towards Zambia and is citizens.  Emmanuel Bwalya Kaluba is the latest recipient from the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education. Emmanuel graduated in the year 2018-19 and was declared as the top graduating student in that year. Emmanuel got the Steven Malama Award which is given by the Institute for the best student graduating from ZIALE and also qualified for the bar in their first endeavour. This honour has been initiated by the Finance Bank Zambia whose Chairman is Dr. Rajan Lekhraj Mahtani . Aside from this award which has given significant recognition and awareness of the importance of legal education in Zambia, Dr. Rajan Mahtani additionally affirmed a money pri...