Effective Date: 18 August 2026
Last Updated: 18 August 2026
AFRICA’s Nexus (“AFRICA’s Nexus”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is operated by Nairobi Nexus.
We respect your privacy and are committed to handling personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you use the AFRICA’s Nexus mobile application and related services, why we collect it, how we use and protect it, and the choices available to you.
By using AFRICA’s Nexus, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
The information we collect depends on how you use AFRICA’s Nexus.
When you apply for membership, register for an account, or use the service, we may collect information such as:
We do not store your password in plain text.
AFRICA’s Nexus is designed to help members build professional connections. You may provide profile information including:
Some profile information may be visible to other members of AFRICA’s Nexus depending on your profile settings and the functionality of the platform.
If access to AFRICA’s Nexus requires an application or approval process, we may collect:
Authorised administrators may review this information for membership and access-management purposes.
When you interact with other members, we may process information about:
If you use private messaging within AFRICA’s Nexus, we process:
Messages are processed so that we can provide the communication service, maintain conversation history, support safety and moderation where necessary, and investigate misuse when reported.
Please do not use AFRICA’s Nexus messages to transmit highly sensitive information unless necessary.
When you interact with opportunities or events, we may process information including:
Information you intentionally submit for publication may be visible to other AFRICA’s Nexus members.
If you report another member, profile, message, opportunity, event or other content, we may collect:
We use this information to maintain platform safety, enforce our rules and investigate suspected misuse.
If you enable push notifications, we may process:
We use services such as Firebase Cloud Messaging and Apple Push Notification service to deliver notifications to supported devices.
You can control notification permissions through your device settings and, where available, your AFRICA’s Nexus notification preferences.
Where AFRICA’s Nexus provides paid or permanent access through an app store, we may process information necessary to verify and maintain your entitlement, such as:
Payments made through Apple’s App Store or Google Play are processed by the relevant store provider. AFRICA’s Nexus does not receive or store your complete payment-card details from those transactions.
When you use AFRICA’s Nexus, our systems may automatically process technical information required to operate and secure the service, which may include:
We use this information to maintain security, prevent abuse, investigate technical problems and operate the service reliably.
We may use information collected through AFRICA’s Nexus to:
We will not use personal information for materially different purposes without an appropriate legal basis or notice where required.
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share or make information available in the following circumstances.
Information you choose to include in your professional profile, and information you intentionally submit for member-facing features, may be visible to other members.
Private messages are intended only for the participants in the relevant conversation, except where access is reasonably necessary for safety, legal compliance, investigation of reported abuse or technical operation of the service.
We may use trusted third-party providers to help operate AFRICA’s Nexus, including providers for:
These providers may process information only to the extent necessary to provide their services to us, subject to their respective terms and privacy obligations.
We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:
If the organisation operating AFRICA’s Nexus is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring or transfer of assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable privacy obligations.
AFRICA’s Nexus may send notifications relating to activity such as:
Push notifications are delivered using platform notification services, including Firebase Cloud Messaging and Apple Push Notification service where applicable.
You may disable push notifications at any time through your device’s notification settings.
Disabling push notifications does not necessarily disable notifications displayed inside the AFRICA’s Nexus application.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including operating the service, maintaining security, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements and satisfying legal or regulatory requirements.
Different categories of information may have different retention periods.
When an account is deleted, we will delete or anonymise personal information associated with the account where reasonably possible and required by applicable law.
Certain information may need to be retained after account deletion where necessary for legitimate purposes such as:
Where information must be retained, we will limit its use to the purpose requiring retention.
You may request deletion of your AFRICA’s Nexus account using the account-deletion functionality available within the application or by contacting us.
Account deletion may result in permanent loss of your profile, connections, conversations and other account information.
Some information may remain where retention is required or permitted by applicable law or necessary for security, fraud prevention, financial record keeping or similar legitimate purposes.
Depending on the laws applicable to you, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including the right to:
You may also update certain profile information directly within AFRICA’s Nexus.
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain privacy requests.
To exercise a privacy right, contact us using the details in Section 14.
AFRICA’s Nexus may use service providers whose infrastructure is located in countries other than the country in which you live.
Where personal information is transferred across borders, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate protections are used as required by applicable law.
We use reasonable administrative, organisational and technical safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction.
These measures may include access controls, protected authentication credentials, encrypted communications, restricted administrative access and security monitoring.
However, no internet-connected service or method of electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You are responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential and should notify us if you believe your account has been compromised.
AFRICA’s Nexus is intended as a professional networking platform and is not designed for young children.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children in circumstances where parental or guardian consent is legally required.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to AFRICA’s Nexus contrary to applicable law, please contact us so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.
AFRICA’s Nexus may contain links to websites, professional profiles, events or other services operated by third parties.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing them with personal information.
AFRICA’s Nexus does not currently use personal information for cross-app or cross-website advertising tracking.
If our practices change materially, we will update this Privacy Policy and make any disclosures or obtain any permissions required by applicable law and platform policies.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in AFRICA’s Nexus, our data practices, technology, service providers or legal requirements.
When we make material changes, we may provide notice through the application or other appropriate means.
The date at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when it was last updated.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise a privacy right, or have concerns about how your information is handled, contact:
AFRICA’s Nexus
Operated by:**Nairobi Nexus**
Email: africasnexus@gmail.com
For account-related requests, please contact us using the email address associated with your AFRICA’s Nexus account where possible so that we can verify the request.
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