AfriPrize - Terms of Use

INTRODUCTION, GENERAL TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

For the purpose of this agreement, these Terms of Use shall apply to all aspects of use of the Afriprize website - www.afriprize.com, and any of its subdomains and mobile applications, all related pages, and subpages thereto, including but not limited to social media pages and accounts. The website is operated by Afriprize Limited a company duly registered under the laws of Nigeria with business registration RC

These Terms of Use constitute a legally binding agreement made between the ‘User’ and Afriprize Ltd, concerning the User’s access to and use of our services. The User agrees that by accessing any of the Services offered by Afriprize Ltd. the User has read, understood and agrees to be bound by all of these terms.

Users are advised to be conversant with these terms of use prior to usage of any form or section of the Website. It suffices to state that by using any section of the Website and/or by registering an Account, you agree to be bound by these terms as externalized in this document.

In these Terms of Use, any use of the words "you", "yours" or similar expressions shall mean any user of the Afriprize website and any of its subdomains and mobile application, all related pages, and subpages thereto, including but not limited to social media pages and accounts. Terms such as "we", "us, "our", “the company’’ or similar expressions shall mean Afriprize Ltd and all its services.

The term ‘Games’ refer to all our interactive entertainment and gaming products, including all versions thereof, updates, content and intellectual property embodied therein.

“Intellectual Property” means all copyrights, trademarks, patents and inventions, trade secrets, personality rights, and other proprietary rights commonly identified as “intellectual property rights” or pseudo-intellectual property rights by applicable foreign or domestic law, and by way of example but by no means a limitation of the foregoing includes: visual assets, Game code, artwork, music, audiovisual works, methods, processes, prototypes, technology, storyboards, characters, plot devises, slogans, logos, and any material distributed under confidentiality or non-disclosure restrictions.

SERVICES

Users purchase tickets and such purchases are funded from the User’s wallet. These tickets qualify the User for the Raffle Draw and a chance to win a grand prize.

Users select an NGO from the list and choose a charitable cause for the proceeds gotten from the raffle play to be donated to.

Users check the results of each draw once the raffle draw has been concluded. The winners of each draw will be announced by the Company, and proceeds will be donated amongst the NGOs/Charities listed on the Company’s website.

REVIEW OF TERM OF USE

We may change these Terms of Use at any time by amending this page. The new version of the Terms of Use will be published on the Website including the effective date of publication. We advise you review the Terms of Use on regular basis. In the event that you do not agree to our existing or updated Terms of Use as the case may be, you will not be eligible to access Afriprize Services.

WEBSITE MODIFICATIONS AND VARIATIONS

We aim to update the official website regularly, and may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we may suspend access to the website, or close it subject to such time required for the necessary update or modification. We will not be held liable for any losses or damages incurred if for any herein stated reasons the website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Afriprize Ltd. reserves exclusive right to the ownership and control of all intellectual property rights in our Services. These intellectual property rights include, without limitation, all source code, databases, copyrights, functionality software, website designs, database rights, design rights, domain names. audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics in the Services (collectively the ‘Content’) as well as the trademarks and logos (collectively the ‘Marks’) contained therein and rights to goodwill and/or to sue for passing off.

We own or are the licensor of all rights, titles, and interests, in and to the Platform including all rights under patents, copyrights, design rights, trade secrets, and any and all other proprietary rights. Any disassembling, decryption, extraction, re-use, re-engineer, reverse engineering, copying or more generally any act of reproduction, representation, transmission or use of any of these elements, in part or in whole, without the authorization of the company is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action.

If you believe the content of our Platform may have infringed on your copyright in any manner, kindly contact us at [email protected] and we will immediately take steps to stop or remedy such breach.

USE OF OUR SERVICES

Except as set out in this section or elsewhere in this Terms of Use, no part of the Services and no Content or Marks may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, encoded, translated, distributed, sold, licensed or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever.

In the event that the Company grants the User the permission to post, reproduce or publicly display any part of its Services or Content, the User must identify the Company as the owners of or licensors of the Services, Content or Marks.

LAWFUL USE OF THE WEBSITE

You must not misuse the Afriprize website by knowingly introducing malicious programs. You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Website, the server on which the Website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the Website. You must not attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack. By breaching this provision, you would commit a criminal offence under Section 8 of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, ETC) Act, 2024 (As Amended).

Our services must be used only for lawful purposes. You must not, and must not allow another person to use it for any purpose other than which we made it available.

As a User of our Services and Website, you agree not to use them:

in a way that breaches the provision of any applicable law or regulation;
in a way that is not authorized by us or detrimental to us;
for any fraudulent purpose or act (Including provision of false identification); and
to modify, adapt, decipher, disassemble or reverse engineer any of the software making up a part of our Platform.

AGE LIMIT

The Raffle Draw feature shall only be accessible to Users that consent to the age requirements as specified on the website while the Donation feature shall be accessible to Users of all ages. Underage participation in the Raffle Draw constitutes a breach of these Terms of Use and shall result in the suspension of the User’s account by the Company once reviewed.

USER REPRESENTATIONS

By using our Services, you represent and warrant that;

All registration information you submit is true, accurate, current and complete;
You will maintain the accuracy of such information and promptly update such registration information as necessary;
You have the legal capacity and you agree to comply with these Terms of Use;
You will not use the Services for any illegal or unauthorized purpose; and;
Your use of the Services will not violate any applicable law or regulation.

If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we have the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof). We shall not be liable in interest or damages for any misrepresentation or inaccuracy of the information supplied by the User. ACCOUNTS AND USER REGISTRATION You may be required to register to use our services. You agree to

We shall not be liable in interest or damages for any misrepresentation or inaccuracy of the information supplied by the User.

ACCOUNTS AND USER REGISTRATION

You may be required to register to use our services. You agree to keep your password confidential and will be solely responsible for the use of your account and password subject to administrative oversight via our database. In the event of theft, loss or unauthorized use of a User’s password or account, you must contact us immediately at [email protected]

You cannot buy, sell or transfer the Account to other User(s). You shall not transfer or sell your Account and/or acquire or accept a transfer of another registered Account with the Company from another person.

The Account is provided to you solely to enable the User engage with our Services and pursuant to the Terms of Use only. Your Account should not be used as a banking facility and will not generate any interest. We refute any liability that may arise out of the unauthorized usage of the account for banking activities.

By registering an Account and/or using any of our services or the website, you hereby agree that we shall be entitled to conduct any and all such identification, payment and other verification checks from time to time that we may require or deem necessary and/or are required by applicable laws and regulations, and/or by the relevant regulatory authority or for the purpose of issuing prizes for the Raffle Draw. You agree to provide all such information as we require in connection with such verification checks.

The Company shall be entitled to suspend or restrict your Account and/or any of the Services or part thereof in any manner that we may deem to be appropriate, until such time as the relevant checks is completed to our satisfaction. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event we cannot successfully verify any of the elements of the Account registered for the purpose of issuing prizes for the Raffle Draw, or if any information provided is deemed to be false or inaccurate, the Company reserves the right to suspend and (or) terminate your account and withhold the relevant prizes.

LIABILITY

Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for personal injury arising from our negligence or fraudulent misrepresentation or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by Nigerian law. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may otherwise apply to our Platform or any content on it, whether express or implied.

The company shall not be liable for acts, actions or omissions that contravene, contradict, negate and (or) dismiss the specified terms of this Terms of Use. This presupposes that the Company will not be liable for discrepancies regarding age disclosures, capacity to contract and related activities. You agree that your use of the website and any of the services is discretionary.

Furthermore, we shall not be liable for any loss or damage that you may suffer because of any act of God, power failure, trade or labor dispute, act, failure or omission of any governmental authority or the government, obstruction of any telecommunication services or networks, or any other act, omission, delay or failure caused by a third party or otherwise outside of Our control.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked to our Platform. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

The company is not liable and you agree not to hold the company liable for any damages or losses resulting either directly or indirectly from:

delays or disruptions in our Services, software, and Platform;
your use or inability to use or access our Services or Platform;
a suspension or other actions taken with your account;
any access or use of our services in a manner that is inconsistent with this terms of use or any error, inaccuracies, losses or omissions in or to any data provided to us; and
any damage caused by a virus or other technologically harmful material that may infect your electronic devices due to the use of our Platform or any website linked to it.

DEPOSITS AND WITHDRAWALS

Users can deposit funds into their wallet with one of the payment methods made available by the Company. The Company reserves the right to verify the ownership of the payment method(s) utilized to credit your Account and/or ownership or origin of the funds by requesting supporting evidence from you. If you deposit funds using a payment method (bank account, credit or debit card) that is not registered or issued in your name, and without limiting our rights, we may;

suspend our Account (and/or)
request additional information and documentation we may deem necessary to demonstrate that you are authorized to use the respective payment method.

Afriprize Ltd reserves the right to change/review the accepted payment methods from time to time. Furthermore, in our absolute discretion and without giving reason, we reserve the right to refuse to accept any type of payment method presented to us irrespective of whether we have previously accepted such payment method type from you or would usually accept that payment type from any User.

In the event of any chargebacks, reversals, or other charges incurred in relation to your account, Afriprize reserves the right to recover such amounts from you. Afriprize further reserves the right to offset any positive balance in your account against any outstanding amounts owed by you to Afriprize or any affiliated entity.

You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for reporting your winnings and losses to the relevant tax authorities in accordance with applicable laws, and Afriprize Ltd shall bear no liability for the User’s failure to make such reports.

WARRANTY/INDEMNITY

We will endeavor to provide the Website and/or any services using our reasonable skill and care. We make no further warranty or representation, whether express or implied, in relation to the Website and/or the Services. All implied warranties or conditions of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose, completeness or accuracy are hereby excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Afriprize may integrate or link to third-party services, including but not limited to the provision of wallet systems, to facilitate certain functionalities within its platform. You acknowledge and agree that such third-party services are operated independently of Afriprize, and Afriprize does not own, control, or manage these services. Accordingly, Afriprize makes no warranties, representations, or guarantees regarding the availability, reliability, security, or functionality of these third-party services. You further agree that Afriprize shall bear no liability for any loss, damage, or claims arising from your use of or reliance on such third-party services, and your engagement with such services is solely at your discretion and risk.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Afriprize Ltd harmless against any loss, damage, liability and claim due to or arising out of your:

Use or misuse of our Services;
Breach of these terms of use or any applicable law.

WAIVER

Where the Company fails to insist upon strict performance of any of its obligations or if it fails to exercise any of the rights or remedies to which it is entitled, this shall not constitute a waiver of such rights or remedies and shall not relieve you from compliance with such obligations. A waiver by the Company of any default shall not constitute a waiver of subsequent default. No waiver by Afriprize shall be effective unless provided in writing, excluding email.

SEVERABILITY

If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by any court or administrative body of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the other provisions of the Terms of Use which shall remain in full force and effect. In such instances, the part declared invalid or unenforceable shall be amended in a manner consistent with the applicable law to reflect, as closely as possible, the company’s intent.

GOVERNING LAW AND PLACE OF JURISDICTION

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Nigeria and you irrevocably submit to the non- exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Nigeria in relation to any dispute in relation to the Terms of Use.

PERSONAL DATA

The company collects and processes Users’ personal data. For further details on how your data is processed and used by us, every User is encouraged to read the website’s “Privacy Policy”. For the avoidance of doubt, with the exception of our payment providers, we do not share your details with any other third parties.

By accessing and using our Services, you consent to receiving electronic communications, and that all notices, disclosures and other communications we provide to you electronically through emails or displayed on our website satisfy any legal requirement for written communications.

You agree to the use of electronic signatures, contracts, orders and other records and to the electronic delivery of records of transactions initiated or completed by you. You waive the rights or requirements of any law in any jurisdiction which require original signature, or delivery or retention of non-electronic records.

COMPLAINTS

Users are to submit complaints to customer service via this email: [email protected] or the in-app chat box.

TERMINATION

This term of use becomes effective from the date you start using our services and continues until it is terminated by either you (through the closing of your account) or us.