Kenyan Equity Bank to cross-list on Uganda exchange

KAMPALA, June 17 (Reuters) - Kenyan bank Equity (EQTY.NR) will also list on the Uganda Securities Exchange ALSI.UG this week, joining four other Kenyan businesses there, Uganda's exchange said on Wednesday.

Bourse chief executive Simon Rutega told Reuters that Equity -- which specialises in rural customers and holds more than half of all accounts in Kenya -- will begin trading on the Ugandan exchange at 0700 GMT on Thursday.

Equity acquired Uganda Microfinance Limited through a joint cash and share deal in 2008. (Reporting by Jack Kimball; Editing by Dan Lalor)