These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your access to and use of Africa in Business ("we," "us," or "our") website (https://africainbusiness.org/awards/) (the "Site") and any related services or applications (collectively, the "Services"). By accessing or using the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change or modify portions of these Terms of Service at any time and without notice. When we do this, we will post the revised Terms of Service on this page and will indicate the date of such revision. We'll let you know about any material changes, either by notifying you on the Site or by sending you an email.

Your continued use of the Services after the date of any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms of Service. If you do not wish to accept the new Terms of Service, you may discontinue your use of the Services.

Using our services

You must follow any policies made available to you within the Services.

Don't misuse our Services. For example, don't interfere with our Services or try to access them using a method other than the interface and the instructions that we provide. You may use our Services only as permitted by law, including applicable export and re-export control laws and regulations. We may suspend or stop providing our Services to you if you do not comply with our terms or policies or if we are investigating suspected misconduct.

Using our Services does not give you ownership of any intellectual property rights in our Services or the content you access. You may not use content from our Services unless you obtain permission from its owner or are otherwise permitted by law. These terms do not grant you the right to use any branding or logos used in our Services. Don't remove, obscure, or alter any legal notices displayed in or along with our Services.

Intellectual Property

• Ownership: All content, trademarks, logos, and other intellectual property displayed or made available through the Services are the property of their respective owners.
• License Grant: By submitting, posting, or displaying content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, distribute, and display such content

Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including attorneys' fees) arising out of or in connection with your access to or use of the Services, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any rights of any third party.

Return, Refund, and Chargeback Policy

You agree to our “Returns, Refunds and Chargeback Policy” which shall be considered as an addendum to this agreement and you agree that you read, understand and accept it fully as is. You are bound by our Returns, Refunds and Chargeback Policy which is a binding extension to this agreement. By agreeing to Africa in Businees Terms and Conditions you also agree to our “Returns, Refunds and Chargeback Policy” which shall be considered as an addendum to this agreement.

• All purchases made through Africa in Business Awards & its competition are final and there are no refunds or returns.
• We would like to clearly and explicitly state that, we will absolutely not refund any fees and payments. We do not issue refunds regarding nominations especially after results announcement.
• Entrants cannot allow children or other unauthorized family members or friends to access their credit cards or their account at the payment site to ensure that no one pays for a purchase without their express permission. You agree and acknowledge that we will not be refunding the amount that was accidentally paid due to your negligence.
• Entrants cannot request a refund because their entries were not declared as the winner of the awards that the entrants or clients participated in.
• You cannot request a refund after once you have made payments to enter the awards and also after the results are announced.
• Unless otherwise warranted by the Seller, the return fee is always paid by the Buyer.
• If the Buyer is returning an item that is not as described, that does not comply with contract, if the product does not work, or if the product is not suitable for its intended function, then the return fee is always paid by the Seller.
• In case if a shipment is lost, and if you did not use tracking, there will not be any return taking place and you will not be eligible for any refunds. You should understand, agree and assume full liability if any item from original shipment is missing, when original shipment pieces are missing, you might lose your eligibility for refunds or you might get partial refunds, decision made at the sole discretion of Africa in Business Awards.
• If we determine that you are misusing refunds and return policies against good faith such as excessive returns, damaging items in order to refund them as damaged, making false statements about product conditions and communicating inaccurate reasons for returns or similar, we might limit, suspend or terminate your account, and we also reserve right to communicate your personal information to any Sellers or Buyers you might have harmed.
• You are solely responsible for accepting and processing returns of your products and services; Africa in Business Awards does not have any responsibility or obligation for processing such returns and you are liable for any refunds or returns that you do not make.
• You agree and understand that there will be no refunds for products that were not return in its original condition, including but not limited to the original packages, documents, invoice, receipts, and everything that was in the packages when you first received them.
• Africa in Business Awards is not reliable for any products that entrants purchased for their clients and vice versa. Hence, there will be no return or refund if the products does not satisfy both parties.

In case of any pricing errors while purchasing our products and services, Africa in Business Awards reserves the right to cancel any orders including but not limited to confirmed, processed, and paid orders at any time without any obligation to you. Your sole remedy in these situations, as a buyer would be a refund to your credit card or payment method and we further reserve the right to add such credits balance to your account balance at Africa in Business Awards.