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
Nigerian Americans interests of determined groups include: Nigerian Americans Nigerian Americans are Americans who are of Nigerian ancestry. The 2016 American Community Survey estimates that 380,785 US residents report Nigerian ancestry. The 2012-2016 ACS estimates that 277,027 American residents were born in Nigeria. Nigeria is both the most populous country in Africa—190.8 million as of 2018—and the African country of origin with the most migrants in the United States, as of 2013. The first people of Nigerian ancestry in what is now the modern United States were imported as slaves or indentured laborers from the 17th century onwards. Calabar, Nigeria, became a