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Taxi-hailing app Little looks to raise funds in 2018

Little has close to 5,000 drivers who can offer 12,000 rides a day in peak times.

Kenyan taxi-hailing firm, Little, which has a partnership with telecoms operator Safaricom, plans to scout for an investor in Silicon Valley next year to help it expand across Africa, its chief executive has said.

The one-year-old app has grown to challenge Uber for the top spot in the local market. Little has close to 5,000 drivers who can offer 12,000 rides a day in peak times, Kamal Budhabatti, the CEO said, adding that potentially puts them in second place after Uber.

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