Kenyan taxi-hailing app Little is in Rwanda in preparation for the June
launch as the firm increases expansion momentum in the East African
region. PHOTO COURTESY | LITTLE CAB
Kenyan taxi-hailing app Little has announced plans to launch its services in Rwanda within a month.
Little’s
team is in Rwanda in preparation for the June launch as the
ride-hailing firm increases expansion momentum in the East African
region. The company plans to roll out its services in West Africa after
conquering East Africa.
“Little is an African product,
and we must be spreading our wings to all the African countries. Kigali
is a smaller city compared to Nairobi and Kampala but we have sufficient
resources towards the growth in Rwanda,” said Craft Silicon founder
Kamal Budhabhatti.
Craft Silicon is the Kenyan tech firm that developed the taxi-hailing app.
Earlier
in the month, Little launched it services in Uganda, marking its maiden
foray outside Kenya. The expansion comes two years after the firm first
announced its plan to venture into Uganda and Nigeria, a populous
nation it has set sights on since setting up.
“Business in Uganda is good and we have about 800 drivers on the
platform now. We are also integrated to MTN mobile money so that it is
easy for our riders to take rides and pay via mobile money,” said Kamal.
Little
Ride launched in Kenya in July 2016 sparking off a price war that
pitted it against Uber and Dubai-based Mondo Ride, which responded by
slashing their fares.
In Kenya, Little’s services are available in Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa. The firm is also eyeing Nakuru and Eldoret towns.
Uber, the San Francisco-based taxi e-hailing giant, launched its services in Kampala, Uganda in June 2016.
Uber rolled out its operations in Lagos in August 2014 while Taxify entered Uganda last year.
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