Responses to the West African Ebola virus epidemic being curated by the Data Science Group of the Thomas J. Watson Research Center. International Mutual Aid is a US-based 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, conducting Ebola treatment, surveillance, contact tracing, and case investigation in Kono District, Sierra Leone, during the epidemic. On 14 August, the Nigerian government said Aliko Dangote had donated $1 million to halt the spread of the Ebola virus outbreak. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have announced a donation of $25 million to the CDC Foundation to fight the Ebola crisis. On 29 October a South African businessman, Patrice Motsepe, donated $1 million
Dangote Group pipeline, when completed will extend from Bonny (Rivers State) through Ogedegbe, Olokola to Lekki and the Escravos Lagos pipeline, finally terminating at the West Africa Gas Pipeline. The company was founded by Aliko Dangote after receiving a $3,000 loan from an uncle. Initially, the company focused on the bulk sale of foods such as rice, but gradually expanded to shipping and the importing of cement. Dangote competed (and competes) with Lafarge, a French company that imported and produced the bulk of African cement. Today, Dangote Group is a diversified conglomerate, headquartered in Lagos, with interests across a range of sectors