Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

By accessing Africa.com and its services, you confirm you are at least 18 years of age and agree to comply with these terms and all applicable laws. If you do not agree, please do not use the service.

Africa.com reserves the right to update these terms at any time without prior notice. Continued use of the platform following any update constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.

You agree not to:

• Post or transmit content that is unlawful, defamatory, or harmful to others
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to any part of the platform or its systems
• Use automated tools to scrape or extract content without written permission
• Reproduce or commercially exploit any content without authorisation
• Impersonate Africa.com staff, contributors, or any third party

All content on Africa.com — text, photographs, graphics, video, and data — is the property of Africa.com LLC or its licensors and is protected by international copyright law. Unauthorised reproduction or distribution is prohibited.

Comments and feedback submitted through our platform are granted to Africa.com on a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence. You retain ownership of original content you submit but grant us the right to publish, edit, and distribute it in connection with the platform.

Africa.com may suspend or permanently terminate access at its sole discretion, without prior notice, for conduct that violates these terms or that may harm other users, third parties, or the integrity of the platform.

Africa.com collects:

• Account information: Name and email address on newsletter subscription or account creation
• Usage data: Pages viewed, time on site, referring URLs, browser and device information
• Communications: Content of messages sent via contact forms or email

Collected information is used to deliver and improve our content and newsletters, respond to enquiries, analyse usage patterns, and send updates you have subscribed to. We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling.

Africa.com does not sell, trade, or transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except as required by law or as necessary to operate the platform — such as email delivery services and analytics providers operating under confidentiality agreements.

This site uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance browsing, analyse traffic, and personalise content. You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may limit certain features of the platform.

Africa.com implements reasonable technical and organisational safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, disclosure, or loss. No internet transmission is completely secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Our services are intended for users aged 13 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it promptly.

For questions about this policy or to request access to or deletion of your personal data: