Building materials and mining group Afrimat has announced the acquisition of Lafarge SA. The deal carries a price tag of $6m, but there is also a loan repayment component of the transaction of R900m. To find out why Afrimat sees value in acquiring Lafarge SA, Business Day TV spoke to Afrimat CEO, Andries van Heerden.

Metal infrastructure theft costs the SA economy around R187BN a year. In response, government put a ban on scrap metal exports in November last year and this has now been extended for a further 6-months. Business Day TV spoke to Taffie Chibanguza, COO of SEIFSA about why ending scrap metal theft requires a nuanced approach.

As the Russia-Ukriane war rages on, SA's government is sticking to its guns on its non-aligned stance. This, despite Agoa being at stake. The preferential trade program gives SA duty-free access for local goods to the US market but America's calls for SA to distance itself from Russia is growing and this has caused some to believe that SA could lose its Agoa priveledges. Russia, however, is considered the world's bread basket and in a recent peace mission, African leaders, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, have asked for the movement of grain to be opened. The situation has caused some to ask - 'Is a loaf of bread worth more than trade?' Business Day's Editor-at-large Hilary Joffe discussed the situation with Business Day TV.

SA President Cyril Ramaphosa has largely hailed the African leaders' Russia-Ukraine peace mission as historic despite talks not having yielded any tangible results. Over-shadowing the mission is the diplomatic stand-off between South African and Polish officials and an attack on Kyiv while the leaders met. So, at the end of the day, what was achieved? To find out, Business Day TV spoke to Bob Wekesa, Deputy Director of the African Center for the Study of the United States at the Wits Centre for journalism.

Despite challenging trading conditions, Omnia has managed to deliver double-digit profit growth. During the full-year period, the fertilizer and explosives group reported a 24% jump in revenue, while headline earnings per share rose 10%, thanks to upbeat demand and higher commodity prices. Business Day TV unpacked the numbers with company's CEO, Seelan Gobalsamy.

On this episode of Trade of the Week, Unum Capital's Loyiso Mpeta gives his technical analysis of three US counters - Domino's Pizza, Charles River Laboratories and Nio Inc.

eCommerce is growing in Kenya. Currently, 42% of the country's population has access to the internet, but according to Statsita Market Forecast, this is projected to grow to almost 60% by 2026. Pan-African technology group, Jumia is at the forefront of how increased access is reshaping consumer behaviour in rural Kenya and Business Day TV spoke to the firm's CEO Charles Ballard for more insight.

Legislation around new rules pertaining to the two-pot retirement system, which will take effect in March next year, has been published. As it stands, South Africans will be able to cash out a third of their retirement savings throughout their career. Business Day TV discussed the implications of this with John Anderson, retirement product solutions specialist at AlexForbes Group and Michelle Acton, Retirement Reform Executive at Old Mutual.

The Fed has decided to keep rates unchanged at its June meeting and while some traders welcomed the move others were sceptical, warning that this is not the end of the hiking cycle. Business Day TV discussed this in detail with Investment Strategist at Old Mutual Wealth, Izak Odendaal.

African governments are fighting currency weakness amid elevated levels of inflation. Business Day TV explored the relationship between Africa's forex market and the inflation trajectory in greater detail with Irmgard Erasmus, Senior Financial Economist at Oxford Economics Africa