1. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.1. By accessing, browsing and using the pages and services provided on afriCUBE.com (the “Site”), you indicate that you accept these terms and conditions and that you agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to these terms of use, please refrain from using this Site.
1.2. We reserve the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time and we will do so by modifying this page. You are advised to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are binding on you.
1.3. We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the service we provide on this Site without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason the Site is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict your access to some or all of the Site.
1.4. Other than applications for specific funds or financial institutions (i.e. you are making a non-specific application for funds), you agree to information about your pitch being displayed on the Site and shared on social media sites including, but not limited to, Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin.
1.5. Other than applications for specific funds or financial institutions (i.e. you are making a non-specific application for funds), you agree that your pitch may be amended or withdrawn at our complete discretion and without warning, including if it is deemed to be incomplete, inappropriate or if any of the text in your pitch is found to contain any information which can be reasonably taken to include contact details or specific information that could lead to the identification of the business being pitched.
2. DISCLAIMER
2.1. The information contained on the Site is published in good faith but no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by afriCUBE.com as to its accuracy or completeness and should not be relied on as such.
2.2. No information on the Site constitutes investment advice or an offer or a solicitation of interest in respect of the acquisition or sale of any securities in any jurisdiction. You should consult your investment advisor and obtain your own legal and tax advice before you make an investment decision.
2.3. afriCUBE.com shall have no liability for any data transmissions errors including, but not limited to, direct, indirect or consequential damage, arising out of the use of the services provided. afriCUBE.com shall have no liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on information provided, including any loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on, information provided, including any loss of profit or any other damage, direct or consequential.
2.4. All information on this site is subject to change without notice. If the need arises, we may suspend access to the Site, or close it indefinitely. Any of the material on the Site may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.
2.5. In accessing this site you are responsible for compliance with any relevant local laws or regulations.
2.6. afriCUBE.com does not make any representation with respect to the privacy of communications made on or through the Site.
2.7. You may leave this Site when you access certain external links via these pages. afriCUBE.com has not examined any of these sites and does not assume any responsibility for the contents of these sites, nor for the services or products offered through them, and is not liable for any damages or injuries arising from the content of these other sites.
2.8. afriCUBE.com does not guarantee that any material on this Site or any other site accessed via this Site will be free from infection, viruses, worms, Trojan horses and/or other code that has contaminating or destructive properties.
3. COOKIES
3.1. This Site uses “cookies”. Cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use the Site. They are small files that your web browser places on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies allow us to remember your preferences and to help us to improve the Site through the use of web analytics. You have the option of setting your browser to reject cookies.
4. COPYRIGHT AND TRADE MARKS
4.1. The content of this Site is the property of afriCUBE.com and is protected by the laws of copyright with all rights reserved. No person is permitted to reproduce, modify or use for any public or commercial purpose the Site without the prior written permission of afriCUBE.com.
4.2. The trade marks, service marks and logo (the “Trade Marks”) used and displayed on the Site are registered and unregistered Trade Marks of afriCUBE.com. Nothing on the Site should be construed as granting any license or right to use any Trade Marks displayed on the Site. afriCUBE.com enforces infringements of its intellectual property rights to the extent permitted by the law.
5. PRIVACY POLICY
5.1. afriCUBE.com is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. In order to fulfill the services offered by the Site, it may be necessary to collect some data from you. Such data may include:
5.1.1. Information that you provide to us by filling in forms on the Site. This includes contact information such as name, email address, mailing address, phone number, financial information such as bank or credit/debit card account numbers, unique identifiers such as username, account number, password, and preferences information such as browsing and transaction history. If you choose to list your company on afriCUBE.com, we will ask for information about your business.
5.1.2. Information that you provide when you contact us through the Site (including by email).
5.1.3. Details of transactions you carry out through the Site and of the fulfillment of services requested by you.
5.2. We may use information held about you and your company in the following ways:
5.2.1. To ensure that content from the Site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
5.2.2. To provide you with information or services that you request from us, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
5.2.3. To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
5.2.4. To notify you about changes to our services.
5.2.5. To list your pitch on the Site.
5.3. afriCUBE.com may include social media features, such as the Facebook Like button or Twitter Tweet button. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on the Site. Your interactions with these features will be governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
5.4. Personal and business information provided to us upon submitting a pitch form will be shared with third parties including to afriCUBE.com registered investors and via social media platforms including but not limited to Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
5.5. In addition to the above, we may disclose your personal information to third parties:
5.5.1. In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
5.5.2. If afriCUBE.com or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
5.5.3. If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions
5.6. We may update this privacy policy to reflect changes to our information management practices. We advise that you periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
6. SECURITY
6.1. The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as bank account information) on our forms, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
6.2. afriCUBE.com has been validated by Trustwave and is using a 256-bit SSL certificate from Trustwave. This SSL Certificate can provide encryption between your web browser and our web server so that personal information can be transmitted over the Internet securely. The Trustwave site seal reassures you that our site has the highest level of encryption available today. It also shows that afriCUBE.com has passed an extensive validation process which allows Trustwave to guarantee your identity with a warranty of $500,000. Please click on the Trustwave seal located at the bottom of afriCUBE’s pages to verify our certificate for yourself.