In these Terms of Service, "we," "us," "our," and “MBN” refer to the Made-by-Nigerians platform, powered by The Made By Nigerians Project Ltd.
"You" refers to you, as a User of the MBN platform.
These Terms and Conditions explains your rights and responsibilities when using the MBN platform either mobile app or web, and any other connected services we offer. We collectively refer to these as our "Services." Please read these Terms carefully. By using any of our Services or accessing our website, you agree to them. If you don't agree, you cannot use our Services.
The MBN platform is your one-stop shop for everything made by Nigerians! It acts as both a community hub and an online marketplace, connecting businesses directly with their target audience. MBN promotes business matchmaking by helping companies find their ideal customers. It also provides a space for entrepreneurs to share ideas, spark inspiration, and build valuable connections that can fuel their businesses' growth.
We may modify these Terms from time to time. You understand and agree that your access to or use of the Service is governed by the Terms effective at the time of your access to or use of the Service. If we make material changes to these Terms, we will notify you by email or by other method prior to the effective date of the changes. We will also indicate at the top of this page the date that such changes were last made. You are encouraged to visit these Terms on a regular basis as revised versions will be binding on you. If you keep using the Platform after a change, that means you accept the new terms.
You may register to use the MBN Services as an individual or as a business owner registering on behalf of the business.
To access the Services on the Platform, firstly, you need to enrol to create an individual, business or company profile (“Account”). Please follow the following steps for enrolment.
In exchange for your use of the Service and, if applicable, in order for providers to send notices to you. You agree to: (i) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself and/or business as prompted by our Account enrolment form and (ii) each time you log on, maintain and promptly update such Account information to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such Account information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we reserve the right to refuse any future request(s) to use the Services.
You shall at all times remain responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account password/access code or passcode and username (if any) and any other security information related to your Account. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your member identification and password. We will not be liable for any loss that you incur as a result of someone else accessing and using your Account, either with or without your knowledge.
You can close your account any time you want. If you'd like to, please contact us (see how to reach us section). If after termination you use the Services again, this Agreement will apply with an effective date that is the date on which you first use the Services again. Note that should you terminate this Agreement at any time when an order is pending processing/delivery to you, we may not be able to resolve any issue arising from such order.
We reserve the right to close your account or stop you using the Platform and without notice in order to maintain security, if:
We grant you permission to use the Service subject to these Terms. Your use of the Service is at your own risk, including the risk that you might be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent, inaccurate, objectionable, incomplete, fails to provide adequate warning about potential risks or hazards, or is otherwise inappropriate.
The Service may be modified, updated, interrupted, suspended or discontinued at any time. Where it is reasonably practicable to so do, we will give you notice of such service discontinuance. Where the circumstances do not permit, the service may be discontinued without notice to you and without liability to us.
By registering and using the Service, you consent to receive communications from us or our affiliates and/or other users through the Service, or through any other means such as emails, push notifications, text messages and phone calls. You agree to notify us immediately if the phone number(s) you have provided to us have been changed or disconnected. Please note that any communications, including phone calls, with us or made through the Service may be monitored and recorded for quality assurances purposes. You have the option to opt-out of certain communications.
All visual interfaces, interactive features, graphics, design, compilation (including, but not limited to, our selection, coordination, aggregation, and arrangement of User Content and other Service Content), computer code, products, software, aggregate star ratings, and all other elements and components of the Service excluding your Content, User Content and third-party Content are owned by us. We also own the copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade secrets, and other intellectual and proprietary rights throughout the world associated with our Content and the Service, which are protected by copyright, trade dress, patent, trademark, and trade secret laws and all other applicable intellectual and proprietary rights and laws. As such, you are prohibited from selling, licensing, copying publishing, modifying, reproducing, distributing, creating derivative works or adaptations of, publicly displaying or in any way using or exploiting any of our Content in whole or in part except as expressly authorized by us. All texts, images, photos, audio, video, and all other forms of data or communication, “Your Content” which you submit or transmit to, through, or in connection with the Service, such as ratings, reviews, photos, videos, compliments, invitations, check-ins, votes, friending and following activity, direct messages, and information that you contribute to your user profile or suggest for a business page are owned by you.
We may publicly display advertisements, paid content, and other information nearby or in association with Your Content. You are not entitled to any compensation for such advertisements. The manner, mode and extent of such advertising are subject to change without specific notice to you.
All user contents including Your Content and content created by other users to be displayed on the platform, do not reflect our opinion. Except as required by law, we have no obligation to retain or provide you with copies of Your Content, and we do not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to Your Content. We reserve the right to remove, screen, edit, or reinstate any user content at our sole discretion for any reason or no reason, and without notice to you.
MBN understands the importance of safe and secure transactions for both buyers and sellers. While we don't directly process payments on our platform, we've partnered with reputable third-party
Transacting is completed outside the website. Potential buyers may contact the businesses they are interested via their listed channels such as emails, phone numbers, social media channels, etc.
Any alleged or confirmed violation of the law or a third party's rights by you.
We reserve the right to manage our legal defense as we see fit, even if you're indemnifying us. In such cases, you agree to cooperate fully with us in our defense strategy.
You also agree to unconditionally release, indemnify, defend and hold us harmless against any liability, cost, expense, loss or any damage incurred by us (including but not limited to professional advisors' or cost of legal fees) for any claim arising from or related to: (a) MBN providing the Service, or accepting or processing a transaction or instruction from you or your nominated beneficiary or anyone else using the Service with your access credentials (b) you breaching a representation or warranty you give, (c) a third party claim against you (d) any items you buy or sell through the MBN platform if applicable.
This Indemnity obligation shall remain in force even after you close your Account or this service terminates.
You agree not to use the platform to:
You represent and warrant that you will not, and will not assist, encourage, or enable others to :
Data Integrity. You are responsible for confirming the accuracy of any data you send to or receive from the Platform, and for maintaining a means external to the Platform, for the reconstruction of your lost data. We have procedures to assist your efforts to confirm that your data is accurate, current, and complete.
Storage of Data. The Platform will allow You to access Data You send to or receive from the Platform for a limited period of time, as may be announced by us from time to time and which may vary for specific Platform or functions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, wwill not delete the transaction Data you retain on the Ariba Network that has been stored on the Ariba Network for less than eighteen-months, provided that your account is active and in good standing. You are solely responsible for saving all of Your Data. Therefore, You should take proactive measures to store Your Data within Your own computers, in order to preserve the accessibility of such Data beyond the Platform retention period applicable to You.
If any of these terms should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which that term is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted and the remaining of the Terms shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
You may not transfer, assign, or delegate these Terms or your rights or obligations herein or your Account, in any way (by operation of law or otherwise). To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may transfer, assign, or delegate these Terms and our rights and obligations hereunder without your consent.
To the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, we will be excused from performance under these Terms for any period that we are prevented from or delayed in performing any obligations pursuant to this Terms, in whole or in part, as a result of a Force Majeure Event. For purposes of this section, “Force Majeure Event” means an event or series of events caused by or resulting from any of the following: (a) weather conditions or other elements of nature or acts of God; (b) acts of war, acts of terrorism, insurrection, riots, civil disorders or rebellion; (c) quarantines or embargoes, (d) labor strikes; (e); (f) unauthorized access to our information technology systems by third parties; or (g) other causes beyond our reasonable control and contemplation.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
If you have any questions, complaints or claims with respect to these terms or the Platform, please contact us at contact@mbn.ng
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