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Men sell their wares in traffic in Victoria Island district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos June 14, 2016

STATUS QUO

Africa’s largest economy is nowhere close to getting out of its recession

BURNING UP

Photos: Kenya set fire to thousands of guns but the illicit arms trade keeps going strong

The Bloomberg ranking of CEO salaries shows that South African executives earn the most relative to average income.

NICE LITTLE EARNER

South African CEOs earn over 500 times more than the average worker

Facebook’s Connectivity Labs releases open source data maps to address challenges of internet access in disconnected communities around the world

MAPPING THE GAPS

Facebook’s detailed open-source maps show the gaps in global internet connectivity

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