[Don Corleone]

If it gets into Africa the results could easily be akin to the Black Plague, given the birth rate and the lack of modern medical culture.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

(from the article) :".. a major outbreak on the Atlantic Ocean island nation of Cape Verde suggests the disease is now poised to enter continental Africa."

The Cape Verde area is a system of Volcanic archipelago islands located about 350 miles West ,off the Africa Coast in the Atlantic Ocean.
I believe that the prevailing winds are Westerly winds blowing towards the mid-Atlantic.