RedSea appoints Bruno De Oliveira as East Africa and Egypt VP

RedSea gets new regional VP: Saudi Arabia-based agricultural technology startup RedSea has appointed Bruno De Oliveira (LinkedIn) as the new VP for East Africa and Egypt to accelerate market expansion amid increasing demand, according to a statement (pdf). Prior to the new appointment, De Oliviera served as chief agricultural officer at RedSea since February. RedSea is currently running a research and development facility in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust) where it is trying new technologies and crop varieties and has launched a one-hectare commercial greenhouse facility in Abu Dhabi.

ICYMI-We chatted with RedSea co-founder and chief engineer Derya Baran last June about how RedSea emerged as an agritech player, how its tech works, and their future in the GCC and beyond.