From hoe to hope: How Lucas Malembo is redefining agribusiness in Tanzania

Lucas Malembo

Dar es Salaam. On a warm morning in Dar es Salaam, long before the city fully stirs to life, Lucas Elias Malembo is already at his desk at Malembo Farm—the agribusiness consultancy he founded and now leads.

With the city skyline in the background and his phone buzzing constantly beside a well-worn notepad, it’s difficult to picture this soft-spoken entrepreneur beginning his journey with little more than determination and a borrowed hoe.