Terms of Use

Terms of Service

The Green Growth Africa Platform provides (a) the Green Growth Africa Platform (hereafter refered to as “Green Growth Africa”) to you through its website at www.thegreengrowth.com and attendant mobile application (the "Green Growth Africa App") and related services (collectively, the Greeen Growth Africa Platform, including any new features and applications, the "Green Growth Africa Services"), subject to these Terms of Service, as amended from time to time (“Terms of Service”). If you are a “showcaser” (as defined below), beneficiary to a project, comment contributor, or Expert (collectively referred to herein as a “User”), you are contracting with International Support Network for African Development (ISNAD-Africa), 7, Parry Road, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, for purposes of the following Terms of Service, “ISNAD-Africa”, “Green Growth Africa,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and other similar terms, shall refer to the party with whom you are contracting.

ARBITRATION, JURY TRIAL, AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER: EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE DESCRIBED IN THE DISPUTES SECTION BELOW, BY USING THE GREEN GROWTH AFRICA SERVICES, YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN US WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OR TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION. PLEASE REVIEW THE DISPUTES SECTION CAREFULLY; BY ENTERING THIS AGREEMENT, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change or modify portions of these Terms of Service at any time. When we do this, we will post the revised Terms of Service on this page and will indicate the date of such revision.

Your continued use of the Services after the date of any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Service. To the extent allowed by law, the English version of these Terms of Service is binding and other translations are for convenience only. If you do not wish to accept the new Terms of Service, you may discontinue your use of the Services.

 

 

ACCESS AND USE OF THE SERVICES

Green Growth Africa Services Description: The Green Growth Africa Services are offered as a platform to allow an individual, entity or non-profit organization (the "Showcaser") to post an new, ongoing and completed green growth projects and programs  relating to green growth covering climate change, nature conservation, renewable energy, recycling, waste management e.t.c ("The Project") to the Green Growth Africa Platform exhibit and promote such projects available in Africa to the rest of the world. The networking and convergence platform serves as a continental map, database, resource library, and catalogue for profiling green growth initiatives, experts, opportunities and updates on the continent.

All information and content provided by Green Growth Africa relating to the Services is for informational and to advise on policies purposes. However, Green Growth Africa does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or reliability of any such information or content, especially those posted by users of the platform. No content is intended to provide financial, legal, tax or other professional advice. Before making any decisions regarding any partnership with any organisation, or any information or content relating to the Services, you should consult your financial, legal, tax or other professional advisor as appropriate. You acknowledge that all information and content accessed by you using the Services is at your own risk.

The Green Growth Africa has no control over the conduct of, or any information provided by, a User and hereby disclaims all liability in this regard to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. We do not endorse any User, or project and we make no guarantee, express or implied, that any information provided through the Services is accurate. We expressly disclaim any liability or responsibility for the outcome or success of any project posted. You, as an international expert, must make the final determination as to the value and appropriateness of contributing to any User or Project.

No Solicitation: The Green Growth Africa is offered to help stakeholders such as experts, and, organisations, etc who are addressing green growth issues in Africa and network with other stakeholders around the globe. The Green Growth Africa merely provides the technology to allow African stakeholders to connect with other stakeholders around the world who may be interested in their projects. The existence of the Services is not a solicitation of donations by Green Growth Africa, and Green Growth Africa does not engage in any solicitation activities or consult on the solicitation of contributions from the public, on behalf of any individual, entity, or organization.

Your commitments to Green Growth Africa and our community

We provide these services to you and others in advancement of our commitment to facilitating green growth in Africa. In exchange, we need you to make the following commitments:

  1. Who can use Green Growth Africa
    When you use our platform(s) you must:
    • use the same name that you use in everyday life;
    • provide accurate information about yourself, organization and projects;
    • create only one account (your own) and use your timeline for personal purposes; and
    • not share your password, give access to your account to others or transfer your account to anyone else (without our permission).
  1. What you can share and do on Green Growth Africa
    We want people to use Green Growth Africa to share content that relating to green growth covering climate change, nature conservation, biodiversity, low carbon economy, green jobs and opportunities and their solutions to the challenges in these fields among other related issues. You therefore agree not to engage in the conduct described below (or to facilitate or support others in doing so):
    • You may not use our Products to do or share anything:
      • That breaches these Terms of use of our platform
      • That is unlawful, misleading, discriminatory or fraudulent.
      • That infringes or violates someone else's rights, including their intellectual property rights.
    • You may not upload viruses or malicious code, or do anything that could disable, overburden or impair the proper working or appearance of our Products.
    • You may not access or collect data from our Products using automated means (without our prior permission) or attempt to access data that you do not have permission to access.

We can remove or restrict access to content that is in violation of these provisions.

If we remove content that you have shared in violation of our Community Standards, we'll let you know and explain any options you have to request another review, unless you seriously or repeatedly violate these. To help support our community, we encourage you to content or conduct that you believe violates your rights (including intellectual property rights) or our terms and policies.

We also can remove or restrict access to your content, services or information if we determine that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impacts to Green Growth Africa.

Your Registration Obligations: You may be required to register with Green Growth Africa in order to access and use certain features of the Services. If you choose to register for the Services, you agree to provide and maintain true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself and/or your Organisation as prompted by the Services' registration form. Campaign Organizers must register using their true identities (or the identities of the Charities’ authorized representatives), including their name, address and any image or video purporting to depict the Campaign Organizer or the Beneficiary of such campaign. You agree to keep registration information current and up to date.

Registration data and certain other information about you are governed by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. If you are under 13 years of age (16 in Europe), you are not authorized to use the Services, with or without registering. In addition, if you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction (typically 18 or 19 years of age), you may use the Services, with or without registering, only with the approval of your parent or guardian. Certain aspects of our Services may also require you to register with, and agree to the terms of, third-party service providers (e.g., Payment Processors), with whom Green Growth Africa has entered into contracts, in order to be able to benefit from their services. We are not responsible for the Terms and Conditions of their service, hence, you may want to review them in such occasion.

Member Account, Password and Security: You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account, if any, and are fully responsible for any and all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to (a) immediately notify Green Growth Africa of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security, and (b) sign out from your account at the end of each session when accessing the Services. Green Growth Africa will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this Section.

Content Manifestly Made Public by the User.

Public Content; Public Display of Information and Donations: Some of your activity on and through the Services is public, such as content you post publicly on the Platforms (including descriptions, texts, music, sound, information, data, software, graphics, comments, photos, videos, images, trademarks, logos, brands or other materials you upload or post through the Services or share with other users or recipients) (“User Content”). Additionally, user profile information, including your first and last name, public email address, organization, personal biography, and other information you enter in connection with your user profile may be displayed to other users to facilitate user interaction within the Services. Please see our Privacy Policy for information on the ways that we may collect, use, and store certain information about you and your use of the Services.

Unsolicited Information: Please be advised that User Content and other unsolicited information you provide may be publicly accessible, such as information you post in forums or comment sections. We also collect information through customer support communications, your communications to us of ideas for new products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions, or any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information about the Services (collectively, with publicly-accessible information, “Unsolicited Information”). By sending us Unsolicited Information, (a) you agree that we are under no obligation of confidentiality, expressed or implied, with respect to the Unsolicited Information; (b) you acknowledge that we may have something similar to the Unsolicited Information already under consideration or in development; (c) you agree that Green Growth Africa will be entitled to the unrestricted use and dissemination of the Unsolicited Information for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you; (d) you represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to submit the Unsolicited Information; (e) you irrevocably waive, and cause to be waived, against Green Growth Africa and its users any claims and assertions of any moral rights contained in such Unsolicited Information. This Unsolicited Information section shall survive any termination of your account or the Services.

You acknowledge and agree that Green Growth Africa may preserve Unsolicited Information, as well as User Content, and may also disclose your Unsolicited Information or User Content if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) comply with legal process, applicable laws or government requests; (b) enforce these Terms of Service; (c) respond to claims that any User Content violates the rights of third parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Green Growth Africa, its users or the public.

Promotions on the Green Growth Africa Platform:

Mobile Green Growth Africa Services: The Green Growth Africa Services include certain features that may be made available via a mobile device, including the ability to (i) upload User Content to the Green Growth Africa Platform, (ii) browse the Green Growth Africa Platform and (iii) access certain items through an application downloaded and installed on a mobile device (collectively, the "Mobile Services"). To the extent you access Mobile Services, your wireless service carrier's standard charges, data rates and other fees may apply. In addition, downloading, installing, or using certain Mobile Services may be prohibited or restricted by your carrier, and not all Mobile Services may work with all carriers or devices. By using the Mobile Services, you agree that we may communicate with you by SMS, MMS, text message or other electronic means to your mobile device and that certain information about your usage of the Mobile Services may be communicated to us. We shall comply with any additional requirements that may apply under local laws and regulations before communicating with you in this manner. In the event that you change or deactivate your mobile telephone number, you agree to promptly update your Green Growth Africa account information to ensure that your messages are not sent to the person that acquires your old number.

For inquiries and claifications about our terms of service, you may please contact us via (email address)