Meet Sam Matekane the richest man in Lesotho and founder of the “Revolution For Prosperity (RFP)” Party; real age, wife, education, net worth, private jet etc…
Sam Matekane is a Lesotho renowned businessman and politician who was born on March 15, 1958. He founded the Matekane Group of Companies, and in 2021 he was named the Forbes Africa Businessman of the Year. In March 2022, he established the Revolution for Prosperity (RFP), a political party that went on to triumph in the general election of 2022 in Lesotho.
Biography
In March 1958, Matekane was born in the village of Mantsonyane, which was then a part of British Basutoland, as the seventh of fourteen children. He serves as the CEO of the 1986-founded Matekane Group of Companies (MGC).
He received the Forbes Best of Africa prize in 2021.
Career
The road to becoming an entrepreneur is lengthy and patient. Numerous prosperous businesspeople share this business ethos. Sam Matekane likewise adhered to this way of thinking. This wealthy man claims that his wealth did not come quickly but rather as a result of his perseverance in his work.
List of Mr. Matenkane’s Businesses
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Leronti Farm – Matekane’s investment
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Organica
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Revolution For Prosperity (RFP) Party
2022 Lesotho Elections
Before the general election in March 2022, Matekane established his own party, which he named Revolution for Prosperity.
Matekane was viewed as an outsider in the election because of the way he positioned himself as the defender of the nation’s business community.
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However, his party secured an almost absolute majority of seats in the National Assembly as a result of the election. A majority partnership between the party and the Alliance of Democrats and Movement for Economic Change was soon declared.
Sam Matekane’s Wife
He is legally married to the beautiful Mrs. Makata Matekane.
Net Worth
With an estimated $10 billion in wealth, he was recognized as Lesotho’s richest person.
