Terms and Conditions for Skill Jewels Africa Websites and Services

Welcome to Skill Jewels Africa! Our mission is to address the big lacuna between the competencies of graduates and the skills they require in the workplace especially for roles that require IT skills. When you visit, view, use, or access our website SkillJewels.net and any applicable subdomains thereof, or any applications, mobile applications, functionalities, content, materials, or other online services including but not limited to discussion boards, provided by Skill Jewels (collectively, the “Platform”), whether as a guest or a registered user, you’re agreeing to the following terms and conditions, so please take a few minutes to read over the Terms of Use below.

1. Background. The sites Skilljewels.net website (“Websites”) within the Skill Jewels Africa Program (“Program”). Skill Jewels operates and provides access to a range of Program related websites and microsites accessible to Nigerians (including students, non-students, employers, donors, and sponsors) who have a Skill Jewels Nigerian name and Passwords. Websites contain content relevant to the Program and are also designed to enable social networking and collaboration ("Services") among Nigerians. The Services enable a Nigerian to create personal profiles (each, a "Profile") that can be searched and viewed by other Nigerians. The Services also support Nigeria forums, chat, electronic messaging, survey tools, blogs, wikis, or other collaborative tools that Skill Jewels elects to make available in its discretion. Skill Jewels may modify, enhance, restrict, or terminate Websites and Services in its discretion at any time and without notice.

The Program operates in accordance with global privacy laws, including laws that impact children's privacy. Registration or of use of the Program is not intended for children. For the purposes of the Program, we consider an individual to be a child if the applicable law limits the processing of an individual's personal data because the individual is under a certain age (for example, individuals under 13 years of age are children in the NIGERIA). If we discover that we have processed a child's personal data or that you have created an account that violates applicable privacy laws or this Agreement, we will terminate your account and promptly delete your personal data.

Further, you may only enter into this Agreement if you can form a binding contract with Skill Jewels, and only in compliance with this Agreement and all applicable laws.

2. This Agreement; amending this Agreement. This Agreement is made up of the Terms and Conditions set out below, which are specific to the Program, Websites and Services, and the general Skill Jewels Terms and Conditions located here:

http://www.Skill Jewels.com/web/siteassets/legal/terms_condition.html.

If there is a conflict between the two, then the Terms and Conditions set out below take precedence, solely to the extent of that inconsistency. This Agreement covers all your visits to the Websites and any of the services. If you stop visiting the Websites or stop using its Services, this Agreement remains in effect with respect to your previous visits to the Websites and the Services.

 a. Amendments/Other Terms. Skill Jewels may change or supplement the terms of this Agreement from time to time at its sole discretion. Skill Jewels will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to provide notice to you of any material changes to the Agreement (e.g., by posting on the Websites). Within five (5) working days of posting changes to the Agreement, the changes will be binding upon you. If you do not agree with the changes, you should discontinue visiting the Websites or any Services. If you continue visiting the Websites or Services after such five-days period, you will have accepted the changes to the terms of this Agreement. To participate in certain Services, you may be notified that you are required to download software and/or agree to additional terms and conditions. Unless expressly set forth in such additional terms and conditions, those additional terms are hereby incorporated into this Agreement. ©2022 Skill Jewels and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Skill Jewels Confidential Skilljewels.net

 3. Rules and Regulations. This Agreement sets forth the following legally binding Rules and Regulations for the Websites and the Services.

a. Posting Content. Much of the information on the Websites is posted by third party users such as you. Please carefully choose the information you post, either in a Profile or elsewhere on the Websites. You are solely responsible for what you post. The following is a partial list of what you are prohibited from posting:

i. Anything unlawful, threatening, obscene, discriminatory, or otherwise objectionable as determined in Skill Jewels’ sole discretion.

 ii. Content or images containing nudity, or materials that may be considered obscene, lewd, excessively violent, harassing, explicit or otherwise objectionable.

iii. Information prohibited from disclosure under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider information, or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements, exam questions and/or answers in us).

iv. Content that infringes the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of anyone.

v. Any information or data that misrepresents the identity, characteristics or qualifications of you or any other person, including but not limited to the use of a pseudonym, or misrepresenting current or previous positions, qualifications or affiliations with a person or entity, past or present.

vi. Any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes" or any similar form of solicitation. This prohibition includes but is not limited to a) using invitations to send messages to people who don't know you or who are unlikely to recognize you as a known contact; b) Using the Services to connect to people who don't know you and then sending unsolicited promotional messages to those direct connections without their permission; and c) sending messages to distribution lists, newsgroup aliases, or group aliases for purposes of spamming or solicitation.

vii. Any virus, malware, or other harmful code.

viii. Anything that disrupts or interferes with the Services or other functionality of the Websites.

ix. Any solicitations for business (except on those Websites that expressly permit employers to discuss potential career opportunities).

x. Any other content that, in Skill Jewels’ sole discretion, undermines the purpose of the Websites or otherwise reflects unfavorably upon Skill Jewels, its partners, affiliates or customers.

Be advised that other Users may violate one or more of the above prohibitions, but Skill Jewels assumes no responsibility or liability for such actions. If you become aware of misuse of the Websites or Services by any person, please contact info@skilljewels.net. Skill Jewels may investigate any complaints and violations that come to our attention and may take any action that we believe is appropriate, including, but not limited to issuing warnings, removing the content, or terminating accounts and/or Profiles. However, because situations and interpretations vary, we also reserve the right not to take any action. Under no circumstances will Skill Jewels be liable in any way for any data or other content on the Websites, including, but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any such data or content, or any loss or damage of any kind incurred because of the use of, access to, or denial of access to any data or content on the Websites. If at any time you are not happy with the Websites or the Services or object to any material on the Websites, your sole remedy is to cease using the Websites or the Services.

b. Laws and Reporting. You may not use the Websites or Services in any manner inconsistent with applicable law or for any illegal purpose, including but not limited to conspiring to violate laws or regulations. Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you also agree to comply with applicable local rules or codes of conduct (including codes imposed by your employer or institution) regarding online behavior and acceptable content. Additionally, you agree to comply with applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the Nigeria or the country in which you reside. Skill Jewels reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate action against anyone who, in Skill Jewels’ sole discretion, is suspected of violating this provision, including without limitation, reporting you to law enforcement authorities. Use of the Services is void where prohibited. Skilljewels.net

c. Username and Password. During the registration process, you will be asked to select a username. Each username is required to have a unique username and password. You may not select as your username the name of another person to the extent that could cause deception or confusion; a name which violates any trademark right, copyright, or other proprietary right; or a name which Skill Jewels deems in its discretion to be vulgar or otherwise offensive. Skill Jewels reserves the right to delete or change any username for any reason or for no reason. You are fully responsible for all activities conducted through or under your username. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password. You agree not to use the username or password of another user at any time or to disclose your password to any third party. If you believe your password has been compromised, please change your password immediately. If problems with your password persist, please contact the Skill Jewels support desk at support@skilljewels.net. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your login information (username and password).

d. Transfers/Competitive Use. You may not trade, sell or otherwise transfer your account to any other person without Skill Jewels’ written consent. You may not use the Websites or the Services to advertise, promote, endorse or market, directly or indirectly, any products, services, solutions or other technologies that, in Skill Jewels’ sole and absolute discretion, compete with the products, services, and solutions of Skill Jewels.

4. Monitoring. Nothing in this Agreement requires Skill Jewels to monitor or edit the Websites. If at any time Skill Jewels chooses, in its sole discretion, to monitor or edit the Websites, Skill Jewels assumes no responsibility for anything submitted by users, no obligation to modify or remove any inappropriate submissions and no responsibility for the conduct of any users, except as required under applicable law. Skill Jewels does not endorse and has no control over what users post or submit to the Websites. Skill Jewels cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information submitted by any users of the Websites, nor any identity information about any users. Skill Jewels reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to post or remove any Profile, posting or other data, or to restrict, suspend, or terminate any user's access to all or any part of the Websites or Services at any time, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability. Upon any suspension or termination, Skill Jewels may retain or delete, in its sole discretion, any information or content that you previously provided. You agree that Skill Jewels has no liability whatsoever if it refuses to post your submissions or edits, restricts, or removes your submissions

Ownership /Licenses

a. Skill Jewels does not claim any ownership rights in any text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, works of authorship or other materials that users upload to the Websites or transmit via the Services ("users Content" or your "Content"). However, you understand and agree that by uploading Content to the Websites, transmitting Content using the Services or otherwise providing Content to Skill Jewels, you automatically grant (and warrant and represent you have a right to grant) to Skill Jewels a world-wide, royalty-free, sublicensable (so Skill Jewels affiliates or contractors can deliver the Services) perpetual, irrevocable license to use, modify, publicly perform, publicly display, reproduce and distribute the Content in the course of offering the Websites and the Services. Skill Jewels will treat any users Content as non-confidential and public. Please do not submit confidential or private information. Skill Jewels may distribute your Content, in whole or in part, to third party sites. You agree that any other users of the Websites or any other site on which your Content is exhibited may access, view, store or reproduce your Content for such user’s personal use or otherwise in connection with use of such site and the Services.

b. The Websites and the Services also contain content owned by or licensed to Skill Jewels ("Skill Jewels Content"). Skill Jewels owns and retains all rights in the Skill Jewels Content and the Services, including all intellectual property rights. Skill Jewels hereby grants you a limited, revocable, non-sublicensable license to reproduce and display the Skill Jewels Content (excluding any software code) solely for your personal use to view the Websites and otherwise as necessary to use the Services. Except as set forth above, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any trade secret, patent, trademark, copyright, or other intellectual property right of Skill Jewels or any third party. All licenses not expressly granted by Skill Jewels are reserved.

c. You agree that even though you may retain certain copyright or other intellectual property rights with respect to content you upload while using the Websites, you do not own any data Skill Jewels stores on Skill Jewels’ servers (including without limitation any data representing or embodying any or all your content). Your intellectual property rights do not confer any rights of access to the Websites or any rights to data stored by or on behalf of Skill Jewels.

6. Disputes. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users. Skill Jewels reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other users.

7. Privacy. Use of the Websites and Services is also subject to the Skill Jewels Africa. Privacy Policy, located here, and the Skill Jewels Africa Privacy Data Sheet. Additionally, you understand and agree that Skill Jewels may contact you via e-mail or otherwise with information relevant to your use of the Websites or Services. You also agree to have your name and/or email address listed in the header of certain communications you initiate through the Services. Please note that any personal data you provide as part of your use of the Websites will be accessible to other users irrespective of the information you may provide as a Program participant. In other words, if applicable, you should be aware that you may disclose more personal data on the Websites than you disclose under the disclosure policies selected by your individual.

8. Additional Disclaimer.

a. Technical Errors. Skill Jewels assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of any user communication. Skill Jewels is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email due to technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the Services or combination thereof, including any injury or damage to users or to any person's computer related to or resulting from using the Websites or the Services.

9. Indemnity. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Skill Jewels Africa, its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective officers, agents, employers, sponsors/donors, partners and employees and Skill Jewels’ suppliers, harmless from any loss, liability, claim, or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by a party arising out of or related to: (i) your use of the Services or the Websites; (ii) your breach of this Agreement; or (iii) your Content.

10. Disputes. If there is any dispute about or in any way involving the Websites or the Services, you agree that the dispute shall be governed by the laws of the Federal State of Lagos, NIGERIA, without regard to conflict of law provisions and you agree to exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue in the state and federal courts of the Nigeria located in the State of Lagos.

11. Costs and Fees. Except where you are expressly advised otherwise during your use of the Websites and Services, the Websites and Services are provided at no charge. You are solely responsible for any costs and expenses you incur because of your use of the Websites or the Services. You agree that Skill Jewels Africa may later require users to pay a fee to continue to use the Services or to use the Websites.

12. General. Subject to that, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and Skill Jewels Africa regarding the use of the Services and the Websites. The failure of Skill Jewels Africa to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in this Agreement are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. This Agreement fully operates permissible by law. If any provision of this Agreement is unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision is deemed severable from this Agreement and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. The parties are independent contractors under this Agreement and no other relationship is intended, including a partnership, franchise, joint venture, agency, employer/employee, fiduciary, master/servant relationship, or other special relationship. Neither party shall act in a manner which expresses or implies a relationship other than that of independent contractor, nor bind the other party.