Disclaimer

Terms and Conditions Disclaimer

Of the Africa Report,

Dated July 2011

Africa Report, the online network africareport.com
Africa Report’s goal is firstly to inspire and inform African businesses about starting or expanding a business. Africa Report uses a series of Television Programs to reach out to the African public. The Africa Report Internet website and business platform www.africareport.com provides a vast source of information and practical tools for entrepreneurs to move forward on developing their business. Additionally, businesses are reached through weekly Newsletters and local Seminars. Secondly Africa Report aims to connect African businesses to relevant stakeholders on a local, regional and international level. This is being done through the online platform Business Opportunities, that gives both local as well as international investors and support organisations the chance to connect to businesses, and vice versa. Combined, the Africa Report television programmes, website with business opportunities, finance and assistance fill an important void in overall information dissemination, communication and connection on business development in Africa. Africa Report is created by the Media for Business Development Foundation in the Netherlands (www.mbdf.org <http://www.mbdf.org/> ) , a non-profit foundation that gets support from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other organisations in The Netherlands and Switzerland.Private individuals or organizations (‘Parties’) registering through www.africareport.com or using its services such as Business Opportunities acknowledge to have read, understood and accepted these General Terms and Conditions.

PUBLIC AREA
Certain areas of the Africa Report Web site contain information supplied by visitors and others. Africa Report is not responsible for comments, advice, information, or any other posting made by visitors or others in these areas. Africa Report cannot be held liable for information contained on the Africa Report website (www.africareport.com) which has been placed there by individuals who are not Africa Report employees. All comments posted on the Africa Report website represent the views of the author. Africa Report takes no responsibility for false claims or assertions made by any party.

Africa Report reserves the right to review materials posted in any public areas and to delete or edit them, for any reason, at any time.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES PLATFORM
Africa Report does not perform independent verification of facts or investigation of business profiles or business ads placed on the Business Opportunities. Africa Report does take reasonable steps to ensure that the information provided on africareport.com is reliable and not harmful or misleading. However, Africa Report is not liable for any misrepresentation of facts or information of any business or information listed on its website.

Africa Report facilitates the exchange of information and contacts between businesses, assistance and finance. Africa Report does not advise on the merits or risks of investing and by no means publicly offers or trades any in securities. Africa Report is not authorized to represent businesses in deal making.

Africa Report is not liable for any damage or loss of any kind or nature, which may be incurred as a result of, but not limited to: an advice, suggestion, investment, lack of interest, broken promise, false data and/or any contact with parties introduced by or through africareport.com. Africa Report is in no way accountable for any introductions made, agreements or connections entered into between parties through the Africa Report Business Opportunities.

Business Opportunities shall be for start-ups or established businesses. An established business is defined by having generated sales revenues for more than one year. Africa Report has the right the delete or remove any business profile or business ad from africareport.com at any given time.

Businesses are warned that not all investors act in good faith. Therefore entrepreneurs and businesses are obliged to verify if the investor, with whom they are negotiating, is a suitable investor for them.

Any business can present a business plan on africareport.com provided they and their business are registered users. The business is the legal owner of the business plan and is free to decide with whom to cooperate and to negotiate the terms of a potential deal. Businesses acknowledge that the information contained in their plan application is visible to any visitor or member of Africa Report Businesses ensure that the information contained in their business plans are up-dated, accurate and honest.

Business shall not be involved nor it shall have plans to be involved in the following activities
(‘Exclusion Criteria’):

1. Any production or activity involving harmful or exploitative forms of forced child labor.
2. Any production or trade in any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws, regulations or international conventions and/or agreements.
3. Any production or trade in weapons and munitions.
4. Any production or trade in alcoholic beverages (excluding beer and wine).
5. Any production or trade in tobacco.
6. Any trade in wildlife or wildlife products regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (www.cites.org).
7. Any production or trade in radioactive materials.
8. Any production, trade, or use of unbounded asbestos fibers.
9. Any commercial logging operations or the purchase of logging equipment to be used in any tropical moist forest.
10. Any drift net fishing to be used in the marine environment.
11. Any production or trade in products containing Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and ozone depleting substances (ODSs).

WEBSITE
The assistance, tips, finance and education guidance that Africa Report columnists and experts has given is each columnists and experts own and not that of Africa Report. Each columnists and experts is responsible for the information and opinions that he or she has given to users. Columnists and experts may recommend certain advice and services. Consequently, users should be aware that such recommendations may exist and may influence the advice that has been given by columnists and experts.

All information on this site is provided with the understanding that the authors. publishers, columnists and experts are not herein engaged in rendering professional advice and services, but may address any professional issues. Users should not use or substitute information and advice as professional services; as such advice can only be properly given by qualified professionals who are fully aware of a user’s particular circumstances.

Africa Report is not responsible for any errors or omissions for the results obtained from the use of any information or advice offered on the website.

In no event will Africa Report, its related partnerships, partners or corporations, agents or employees be liable to any website user for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information on this site or for any consequential, special or similar damages.

The websites and organisations to which Africa Report provides links are operated by independent parties and are not under the control of Africa Report. You should inform yourself of the policies adopted by each of the websites and organisations for the operation of its site, including its policies concerning the use of information provided to the websites and organisation by Africa Report.

Africa Report and each of the websites and organisations are independent parties. There is no agency, employee, or partnership relationship of one to the other or among any of them, and they have no authority to bind another of the parties. Any reference describing a relationship or recommendation by Africa Report to any websites and organisations does not represent the legal relationship between them, which is one of independent contractors.

MEMBERS OF AFRICAREPORT.COM
Members and users of Africa Report may only disclose information which is correct to their best possible knowledge. No misleading, harmful or illegal information may be placed on africareport.com and Africa Report has the right to remove any information from aricareport.com at any point.

Members will automatically be subscribed to the Weekly Dose newsletter offering Africa Reports latest business opportunities, tips and assistance. The member has the option to unsubscribe from this mailer at any point.

Members make their given information visible to all other members of africareport.com by rights of the registration form and details displayed on the business profile of the website. Personal details are only visible to other registered members and Africa Report will ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers of members will not be shared with anybody unless the members have given written permission to do so.

Members who ‘spam’ other members of the website will be removed from it and denied further access to the website. Africa Report will do its best to stop and remove spammers on time.

NON DISCLOSURE AND USE OF INFORMATION
All information on private parties, businesses, financiers, assistance, organisations and other individuals issued, displayed or supplied by Africa Report or by other individuals is considered to be confidential, unless it is part of a public profile on the africareport.com).

Parties will not solicit business from any entrepreneur seeking finance nor in any way use any information provided by Africa Report for commercial gain without written consent of the party subject to that information.