Terms and Conditions.

LEMONRAISE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ("Terms")

Welcome to Lemonraise Tech Ltd (“We”, “Us”, or “Our”) Website and Mobile Application. We provide a fundraising platform through Our website and mobile application where individuals, underserved communities amongst others can raise funds for their various needs across Africa. These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) cover your use and access to our Services. By using Our Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms as well as Our Privacy Policy here

Please note that the statements under the headings “Simply Put” are provided as a courtesy solely for your convenience and are not legally binding or intended to modify these Terms in any way.

We reserve the right to amend these Terms and any of Our policies from time to time. The amended version will be effective once uploaded on Our Platform unless otherwise stated. If Our changes reduce your rights or increase your responsibilities, We will provide you with notice of an update to Our Terms. By continuing to use Our Services after any changes to these Terms, you agree to abide by and be bound by the Terms as updated from time to time. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not proceed and exit use of Our Services and access to our Services immediately. We reserve the right to terminate your relationship with Us if We believe that You have violated any of these Terms without notice to You.

Simply Put:

By using Lemonraise website, mobile application and services, you agree to Our Terms and Conditions (“Terms”).

1. Definitions

The following definitions relate to these Terms and Conditons

  • “Agreement” means this Terms and Conditions.
  • “Beneficiary” a person whom a Fundraiser Campaign has been created for and who gets monetary donations from the Campaign.
  • “Campaign” means a post by a User for a Fundraiser;
  • “Content” means all information whether textual, visual, audio or otherwise, appearing on or available through our Services.
  • “Donor” any person who makes a monetary donation to a Fundraising campaign.
  • “User” means a person that uses Our Platform or Services which includes: Organisers, Fundraisers, Donors, Beneficiaries, Comment contributors etc.
  • “User Submissions” means user name, user content, telephone number, residential address, email address, business details and such other information as we may request from time to time.
  • “User Content” includes Users testimonials, text, comments, graphics,logos, trademarks, images which Users post on the Lemonraise Platform.
  • “Intellectual Property Rights” means any copyright, design rights, patents, inventions, logos, business names, service marks, trademarks, internet domain names, moral rights, right in databases, reports, drawings, trade secrets specifications, know-how, topography rights, whether registered or unregistered, rights in nature of unfair competition and the right to sue for passing off Application for registration and the right to apply for for registration for any of these rights; All other Intellectual Property Rights and equivalent or similar forms of protection existing in Nigeria.
  • “Organiser” means any individual, corporate entity, or not-profit organisation who creates a fundraising campaign on Lemonraise Platform.
  • “Platform” means website at www.lemonraise.com mobile application and services provided by Lemonraise for Users to access and use.
  • "Personal Information" means any information provided by a User to Lemonraise in connection with this Agreement:
    • From which the identification or contact information of a User can be derived; or
    • That identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the User
  • “Services” refer to services provided to the User by Lemonraise which includes Fundraising and other related services through the Platform.
  • “Target Sum” means the maximum amount of money that can be raised in each fundraiser Campaign, which is Five Million Naira.
  • 'Wallet'
  • “We”, “Us”, “Our” means Lemonraise Tech Ltd and any person or legal entity to whom the rights and/or obligations of Lemonraise have been assigned to.
  • “You”, or “Your”, means the user of our Platform and services and/or any Person who creates an account on any of our platforms and accesses any or all of Our services.

2. Interpretation

  • In addition to the definitions in Section 1, unless the context requires otherwise: the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
  • A reference to any one gender, whether masculine or feminine includes the other.
  • All the headings and sub-headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and are not to be taken into account for the purposes of interpretation of this Agreement.

3. The Services Description

  • The Services are offered as a platform to allow individuals, corporate entities and non-profit organisations (the “Organiser”) in Africa to post a fundraiser (“Campaign”) on the Platform to accept monetary donations (“Donations”) from donors (“Donors”) on behalf of the beneficiary of the Fundraiser (“Beneficiary”).
  • Users can create campaigns where anyone can Donate any amount of money. Donations would be received through Bank transfers, crypto and other modes of payment which will be offered to you on our platform.
  • The maximum limit of donations that can be made towards a campaign is N5,000,000 (Five Million Naira).
  • A Donor may donate to as many campaigns as he/she may desire.
  • Users who create campaigns may also freely donate towards existing campaigns.
  • The organiser shall be free to close a campaign when the target sum is reached.
  • The Platform also creates a channel through which Users can post contents, share their stories and connect with other Users who have similar stories that may be of benefit to them.

4. Transaction Fee

  • There are no fees to create or maintain a Fundraiser, however transaction fee, including credit and debit charges will be deducted from each donation (referred to as “Transaction Fee”). To learn more about the Platform and the applicable Transaction Fee, visit Paystack
  • A sum of N50 (Fifty Naira) + 1.9% charge shall be deducted on each donation in a fundraiser as transaction fee.

5. Grant of Licence and User Restrictions

  • In consideration of you agreeing to abide by these Terms, We grant you a non-transferable, non-exclusive licence to use and access Our Services on your mobile and other electronic devices. We reserve all other rights. except as expressly set out in this Terms or as permitted by any Law governing the jurisdictions within which We operate.
  • You agree not to use the Platform for any unauthorised purpose without the prior written consent and approval of Lemonraise.
  • Prohibited use include, but are not limited to, any of the following actions taken without Lemonraise express approval:
    • Sale of access to Our Platform via another website or medium (such as a mobile application);
    • Use of Our Platform for the purpose of gaining advertising or subscription revenue;
    • The sale or advertising on Our Platform or any third-party platform, targeted at the content of specific User Submissions or the Contents on Our platform.
    • Use of Our Platform to stalk, bully, troll other Users and members of the public;
    • Use of Our Platform to obtain information under false pretences and for purposes not allowed by law of the jurisdiction within which Lemonraise Services is used.
  • You agree not to disassemble, decompile, reverse-engineer, or create derivative works based on the whole or any part of our Services or attempt to do any such thing except to the extent that such actions cannot be prohibited because they are essential for the purpose of achieving interoperability of our Services (website and mobile application) with another software program, and provided that:
    • the information obtained by you during such activities is not disclosed or communicated to any third party without our prior written consent; and is not used to create any software that is substantially similar to our Services.
    • you seek our consent to use any of our Intellectual Property and agree to include our Copyright notice and all other relevant Intellectual Property notice on all entire and partial copies you make of Our Services on any medium; and
    • you undertake not to provide or otherwise make available our Services, in whole or in part (including object and source code), in any form to any person without prior written consent from Us;
    You further agree to the following:
  • Not to rent, lease, sub-license, loan, translate, merge, adapt, vary or modify any content on Our Platform provided to you.
  • Not to make alterations to, or modifications of, the whole or any part of Our Services, or permit our Services or any part of it to be combined with, or become incorporated in any other programs.
  • To comply with all technology control or export laws and regulations in your country that apply to the technology used or supported by our Services.
  • Not to use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers,” that accesses Our Our Platform in a manner that sends more request messages to the Our servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional on-line web browser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lemonraise grants the operators of public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Platform for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials. Lemonraise reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases.
  • Not to collect or harvest any personally identifiable information from Our Platform, nor to use the communication systems provided by the Website for any commercial solicitation purposes.
  • Not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of Our Platform with respect to their User contents and submissions.
  • Not to impersonate any person or organisation.
  • Not to harass any other user.
  • Not to use Our Services for any illegal purpose.
  • Not to raise funds for a minor without the express permission of the minor's guardian unless the funds are transferred into a trust account for the sole benefit of the minor;
  • Not to use Our Platform on behalf of a third party or post any personal data or other information about a third party, without the express consent of that third party;
  • Not to make or accept any Donations that you know or suspect to be erroneous, suspicious or fraudulent;
  • At Lemonraise request, to fully cooperate in the auditing of, investigation of (including without limitation, investigations by Lemonraise, a Payment Processor, or a regulatory or governmental authority), and remedial efforts to correct any alleged violation or wrongdoing of a User to whom you are connected.
  • Lemonraise reserves the right to discontinue any aspect of Our Platform at any time.

Simply Put:

We strongly advise that Users should comply with the restrictions attached to the use of Our Platform to avoid Us discontinuing Your access to Our Platform.

6. Lemonraise Services and Conditions of Use

To access Our Services, you must create an Account on any of our Platforms and sign up by registering your details therein. As part of the signup process, you will need to accept these Terms and Our Privacy Policy, and you must have legal capacity to accept same. If you wish to access additional Services, you may be asked to accept additional Terms and Conditions.

  • If you are an individual, you must be aged 18 years or older to use Our Services and by creating an Account on any of Our platforms you declare that you are 18 years or older. We may require at any time that you provide evidence of your age.
  • You must provide all information as may be requested by Us, such as your name, telephone number, residential address, email address, business details and such other information as we may request from time to time (collectively, “User Submissions”).
  • You agree to promptly notify Us of changes to your User Submissions by updating your profile on our Website and to notify us of same within a reasonable time.
  • By using Our Platform, you represent and warrant to Us that you are 18 years or older. and your use of Our Platform does not violate any laws or regulations applicable to you. You shall indemnify us against any losses We incur in connection with your breach of these Terms.
  • You hereby consent to Lemonraise verifying your User Submissions and the Relevant Information and using the Information to the full legal extent necessary for the provision of Our Services to you and Our other Users.
  • The Services and Contents on Our Platform, including and without limitation to, the text, software, scripts, graphics, files, documents, images, photos, sounds, music, pictures, messages, interactive features, the design of and “look and feel,” etc including trademarks, service marks and logos contained therein (“Marks”), are owned by or licensed to Lemonraise, subject to Copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights Laws.
  • Contents on Our Platform are provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only and may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of Lemonraise. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in and to Our Platform and the Contents contained therein.
  • You may access User Submissions solely for your information and personal use in accordance with this Agreement and as intended through the normal functionality of Our Platform.
  • User Contents are made available to you for your information and personal use solely as intended through the normal functionality of the Website. User contents are made available “as is,” and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed, downloaded, or otherwise exploited in any manner not intended by the normal functionality of Our Platform or otherwise as expressly authorised under these Terms.

Simply Put:

To use Our Services, you must be 18 years or above and also comply with Our Conditions of Use.

7. Personal Information

  • As an Organiser, Beneficiary, Donor or Comment Contributor accessing Our services, We may require you to provide any or all the following:
    • your full name;
    • your date of birth;
    • your current residential address;
    • email address;
    • Bank details for payment processing and
    • any other information or document as We may require for our internal risk assessment.
  • You warrant that all information provided by you to Us are true, correct, and accurate. You also undertake to notify Us of any changes to the information or documentation which you have provided.
  • You agree and authorise Lemonraise to verify information provided by you against the information held by any third party (including official databases) such as Payment System Providers or any other data verification organisation available to Us.
  • The information that We may verify against the information which you have provided to Us include (without limitation): your name, phone number, date of birth, address, age, Identification Number (“ID”) or any other information that will enable Us to identify you.
  • You hereby agree and authorise Us to collect and verify information including, but not limited to, data relating to your phone (including, without limitation, your phone's history) from your mobile device, from any SMS sent to you or by you, from any 3rd party applications, and such other information as We shall require for purposes of providing you with Our Services (“Relevant Information”).
  • You hereby consent to Lemonraise verifying your Personal Information and the Relevant Information and using the Personal Information and the Relevant Information to the full legal extent necessary for the provision of Our Services.
  • You agree to indemnify and to not hold Lemonraise liable with respect to any claims, losses, liabilities and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) that may arise as a result of the disclosure and reliance on such Personal Information and/or Relevant Information.
  • We reserve the right to request for further information from you pertaining to your use of Our Services at any time. Failure to provide such information within the time required by Us may result in Lemonraise declining to continue providing Our Services to you.

Simply Put:

When you sign up on Our Platform, you must provide accurate information and must continually update your User Information with Us.

8. You User Contents and Conduct

  • You may submit content and/or User Comments (“User Contents”) to Lemonraise. User submitted content and User Comments are collectively referred to as “User Contents”. You understand that whether or not such User Contents are published, Lemonraise does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Contents.
  • You shall be solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. In connection with User Submissions, you affirm, represent, and/or warrant that: you own or have all the necessary licences, rights, consents, and permissions to use and authorise Lemonraise to use all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other Intellectual Property or proprietary rights in and to any and all User Submissions to enable inclusion and use of the User Submissions in the manner contemplated by the Website and this Terms.
  • You retain ownership of all Copyrights you may have in your User Contents. However, by submitting User Contents to Lemonraise, you hereby grant Lemonraise a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable licence to use, adapt, modify, sell, reproduce, distribute etc the User Contents (in whole or in part), for any purpose whatsoever, and to incorporate User Contents in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. The foregoing licence shall be broadly construed, and shall include, without limitation the right to:
    • promote and redistribute part or all of the User Contents (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels,
    • incorporate the User Contents on tangible or intangible products (e.g. cups, clothing) for resale or otherwise, and
    • use the User contents for promotional purposes, whether to promote the Website or other Lemonraise services.
  • You acknowledge that you will not be entitled to any royalties or any other payment as a result of any efforts by Lemonraise to exploit any User Content. By way of further clarification, Lemonraise may freely sublicense the rights that you grant it in this Section to a third party. To the extent necessary for Lemonraise to exercise its rights under the foregoing licence, you hereby grant Lemonraise a perpetual, royalty-free and irrevocable licence to exploit any personality, publicity, or privacy rights in and to the User Content and in your likeness as contained therein. You agree not to hold Lemonraise liable for the use of your User Content through Our Platform by any other User.
  • In connection with User Contents, you further agree that you will not submit material that is copyrighted, trademarked, protected by trade secret or confidentiality or otherwise subject to third-party proprietary rights, including privacy, personality and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material and to grant Lemonraise all of the licence rights granted herein.
  • You agree that your conduct on Our Platform will be done in line with these Terms.
  • Lemonraise does not endorse any User Comment or any opinion, recommendation, testimonials or advice expressed therein, and Lemonraise expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with User Contents. Lemonraise does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on its Platform, and Lemonraise will remove all Content and User comments if properly notified in a manner consistent with law and Lemonraise Copyright Infringement Notification policy that such User content infringes on another's intellectual property rights. Lemonraise reserves the right to remove User Content without prior notice to You.
  • If you provide feedback to Us regarding Content on Our Platform(“Feedback”), you authorise Us to use that Feedback without restriction and without payment to you. Accordingly, you hereby grant to Us perpetual and irrevocable licence to use the Feedback for any purpose.

Simply Put

Users are responsible for your User Submissions and User Content and cannot not hold Lemonraise liable for confidentiality obligation whatsoever with respect to your User Submissions and User Content.

9. Third-Party Sites

  • Our Platform may contain links to third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by Lemonraise. Lemonraise has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites. In addition, Lemonraise will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third-party site. By using Our Platform, you expressly relieve Lemonraise from any and all liability arising from your use of any third-party website.

10. Limitation of Liability

  • Our Services are administrative platforms only. Lemonraise facilitates the Fundraiser of the Organisers and permits Donors to make donations to these Fundraisers. Lemonraise is not a broker, agent, financial institution, creditor or non-profit corporation.
  • All information and content provided by Lemonraise relating to the Services is for informational purposes only, and Lemonraise does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or reliability of any such information or content. No content is intended to provide financial, legal, tax or other professional advice. Before making any decisions regarding any Fundraisers, Donations, Donors, or any information or content relating to the Services, you should consult your financial, legal, tax or other professional advisor as appropriate. You acknowledge that all information and content accessed by you using the Services is at your own risk.
  • Donations are made at Donor's risk. When you make a Donation through the Platform, it is your responsibility to understand how your money will be used and to check the Fundraiser content regularly for any updates. Lemonraise is not responsible for any offers, promises, rewards or Promotions made or offered by Users or Fundraisers; such conduct violates these Terms. We do not and cannot verify the information that Users or Fundraisers supply, nor do we represent or guarantee that the Donations will be used in accordance with any fundraising purpose prescribed by a User or Fundraiser or in accordance with applicable laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, We take possible fraudulent activity and the misuse of funds reported to us very seriously. You can learn more about how We protect Our Users here.
  • If you have reason to believe that a User or Fundraiser is not raising or using the funds for their stated purpose, please use the “Report” button on the website to alert Our team of this potential issue and we will investigate.
  • In no event shall Lemonraise, its directors, shareholders, managers, members, employees, licensees, suppliers, or agents, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages whatsoever resulting from your access to or use of Our Platform. However, you agree that the maximum total liability of Lemonraise, its directors, shareholders, managers, members, employees, licensees, suppliers, or agents to you for any claim under this Terms, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, shall not exceed the actual total amount received by Lemonraise from you to access Our Platform or use of Our Services. If your use of Our Platform and/or Services, results in the need for servicing, repair, or correction of equipment or data, you undertake to assume all costs.
  • The provisions of these Terms relating to limitation of liability are severable and independent of all other provisions of these Terms and shall survive past your termination your use and access to Our Services.
  • We shall not be liable for any indirect or consequential losses including but not limited to loss of profit, loss of business and loss of reputation. We shall not be liable for any losses arising from Our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Simply Put:

Lemonraise shall not be liable in damages resulting from your access to or use of Our Platform.

11. Indemnity

  • You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Lemonraise, its directors, shareholders, managers, members, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to Attorney's fees) arising from:
    • your use of and access to Our Platform;
    • your violation of any of these Terms;
    • your violation of any third-party rights, including without limitation any Intellectual Property Rights or
    • any claim that one of your User Submissions or contents caused damage to a third party or to Lemonraise. This defence and indemnification obligation will survive past termination of your use and access to Our Services.

Simply Put:

You will be liable to indemnify Lemonraise if you are in breach of the Terms of this Agreement.

Removal of links from our website

If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly.

We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

12. Notice Regarding Electronic Payment and Payment Processor

  • Please take notice that Lemonraise is not a payment processor and does not hold any funds. Rather,We use third-party payment processing partners to process Donations for a Fundraiser(Campaign). You acknowledge and agree that the use of Payment Processors is integral to the Services and that we exchange information with Payment Processors in order to facilitate the provision of Our Services.
  • Your relationship with the third-party payment processors is separate from your relationship with Us and it is governed by the Terms and conditions contained in such payment Processor's Terms. Such terms are available at the respective Payment Processor's Website. Lemonraise is not responsible for the actions or omissions of any third party payment processor.

13. Taxes

  • You are responsible to determine what, if any, taxes may apply or apply to the Donations you make or receive through the use of the Services. It is solely your responsibility to assess, collect, report or remit the correct tax, if any, to the appropriate tax authority.

14. Non-Refund Policy

  • Lemonraise shall not be liable to any User or third party for a refund of any Donation already made by a Donor towards any fundraiser campaign. See Our Non-Refund policy here

15. Notices

  • You agree that Lemonraise may communicate with you in relation to these Terms via email, text message, voice or other communication channels.

Simply Put:

We may notify you of any necessary information by sending an email, text message, etc.

16. Termination and Suspension

  • You may terminate your use of Our Services at any time.
  • Lemonraise may terminate this Agreement, or suspend or terminate your access to Our Platform and Our Services, at any time, for any reason. If We believe that you have violated any provision of this Agreement, Lemonraise may also seek any other available legal remedy.
  • Your rights under this Agreement will terminate automatically if you breach any part of this Agreement.
  • You remain solely liable for all obligations related to use of the Website and Our Services and after you have stopped using Our Platform and Our available Services.
  • Lemonraise reserves the right to decide whether Content or a User Submission is appropriate and complies with this Agreement for violations other than Copyright infringement and violations of Intellectual Property Law, such as, but not limited to, laws regulating obscene or defamatory material. Lemonraise may remove such User Submissions and/or terminate a User's access for uploading such material in violation of this Agreement at any time, without prior notice and at its sole discretion.

Simply Put:

We may suspend or block your access or Use of Our Platform and Services if you have violated any of the provisions of these Terms. You are equally free to terminate the use of Our Platform and Services at any time.

17. Warranty Disclaimer

  • You agree that your use of Our Platform and Services shall be at your sole risk. The Platform, Content, User Contents, and any Services made available to you by Lemonraise are provided on an “AS IS” and “as available” basis to the full extent permitted by law. Lemonraise, its Directors, Shareholders, Managers, Members, Employees, Licensors, Suppliers, and Agents disclaim all warranties, express or implied, in connection with Our Our Platform and Services, and your use thereof, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Lemonraise makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of the Our Platform content or the content of any websites linked to Our Platform and assumes no liability or responsibility for any of the following:
    • Errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content;
    • Personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to and use of the Our Platform and Services available therein;
    • Interruption or cessation of transmission to or from Our Platform;
    • Bugs, viruses, trojan horses, etc which may be transmitted to or through Our Platform by any third party, and/or .errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any content posted, emailed, transmitted, or otherwise made available via Our Platform. Lemonraise does not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for any fundraiser campaign or any similar service offered by a third party through any hyperlinked website or featured in any banner or other advertisement. Lemonraise will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers or Services.

18. Intellectual Property Rights

  • We own Our Intellectual Property Rights. Our trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets where necessary, belong to Us. You are not permitted to use any of Our Intellectual Property.
  • Unless otherwise indicated, contents on Our Platform and Services are Our proprietary property and all source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics (collectively, the “Content”) and the trademarks, service marks, product and logos contained therein (the “Marks”) are owned, licensed or controlled by Us and are protected by Copyright and Trademark Laws and other Intellectual Property Rights and Unfair Competition Laws of the Nigerian, Foreign Jurisdictions, and International Conventions.
  • Our Services are provided on Our Platform as “AS IS” for your information and personal use only. Except as expressly provided in these Terms, no part of the Platform and no Content may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any purpose whatsoever, without Our express prior written permission.
  • Provided that you are eligible to use the Platform, you are granted a limited licence to access and use Our Platform and to download or print a copy of any portion of the Content to which you have properly gained access solely for your personal, non-commercial use

Simply Put:

We own our Intellectual Property Rights. Our trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets where necessary, belong to Us and Our subsidiaries only. You are not permitted to use any of Our Intellectual Property.

19. User Representations

By using Our Platform, you represent and warrant that:

  • All registration information you submit are true, accurate, current, and complete;
  • You have the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and you agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions.
  • You are not under the age of 18 years and if you are under the age of 18 years you have obtained the consent of your parents or guardian to use Our Services.
  • You are not using the Fundraising for any fraudulent or malicious purpose.
  • You will not access Our Platform through automated or non-human means, whether through a bot, script, or otherwise.
  • You will not use Our Platform for any illegal or unauthorised purpose.
  • Your use of Our Platform and Services does not violate any applicable laws or regulations.
  • Your use of Our Platform shall not infringe other Users' rights as they access Our Platform and use Our Services.
  • By using the Services, you understand and agree that Lemonraise is not responsible for the use of your Donations or the amount of funds raised for the User or Fundraiser. The Organiser represents and warrants as follows that:
    • all information you provide in connection with a Fundraiser or Beneficiary is accurate, complete, and not likely to deceive Users.
    • you will post updates regularly so that Users can understand the use of funds and any other relevant information about the Fundraiser you created;
    • donations contributed to the Fundraiser you created will be used solely as described in the materials that you post or otherwise provide.
    • if you withdraw donations believed by Donors to be raised on behalf of someone other than you (i.e., the Beneficiary), all Donations will be given to and/or spent with the consent of the Beneficiary;
    • you will not infringe the rights of other Users;
    • you will comply with all relevant and applicable laws and financial reporting obligations, including but not limited to, laws and obligations relating to registration, and asset disclosures for the Fundraiser;
    • you will not provide or offer to provide goods or services in exchange for Donations. Lemonraise reserves the right to provide information relating to Fundraiser created by you to Donors, Beneficiaries of the Fundraiser or law enforcement or other regulatory authorities, and to assist in any investigation thereof.
  • If you use Our Services as an agent of a Corporate entity or not-profit organisation to raise funds for such organisation, you represent and warrant that:
    • you are a representative of the corporate entity or organisation, who has been assigned for the purpose of raising funds on behalf of such entity and the Organisation is bound by this Terms and our Privacy Policy.
    • you are raising funds for a cause or activity that is legal under all applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial and local laws and regulations;
    • all donated funds will be used solely for the purpose you have stated on and in connection with the Fundraiser, and under no circumstances may you use the funds for any other purpose;

Simply Put:

If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, We have the right to suspend, block or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of Our Platform and Services.

20. Keeping Your Account Secure

  • It is your duty to keep your security information relating to your account secure. Where you suspect that the security of your Account may have been compromised, you are required to inform Us as soon as possible. Please change your password and any other security credential immediately. We will not be liable for transactions carried out where access to your account has been compromised by you, malware or human interference outside of our control.
  • You agree to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. We reserve the right to remove, reclaim, or change a username you select if we determine, in our sole discretion, that such username is inappropriate, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

21. Entire Agreement

  • This Terms and Conditions and Our Privacy Policy constitutes the entire agreement between you and Lemonraise and also supersedes and extinguishes all previous agreements, promises, assurances, warranties, representations and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter.
  • You acknowledge that in entering into this Agreement you have not relied on any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in these Terms or Our Privacy Policy.

22. Governing Law

  • This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

23. Complaints

  • In the event of any dispute/complaint, you may write to Us at [email protected] and We shall use Our best effort to resolve the same internally at the earliest time possible.
  • The Parties shall in good faith make efforts to resolve any dispute, controversy or claim of any nature whatsoever arising out of or in relation to or in connection with these Terms of Service.

24. Contact Us

  • If you wish to contact Us, or if any condition in these Terms and Conditions requires you to give notice to Us, you may send such communication by email to [email protected] or to such e-mail addresses that may be communicated to you from time to time. We will confirm receipt of this by contacting you in writing by email, text messages or other communication channels you have provided to Us.
  • If We have to contact you or give you notice in writing, We may do so by posting such notice on our website, by e-mail or SMS to the mobile phone number or e-mail address or other communication channels you provided to Us.