Who we are
The Opportunity Hub is an Opportunity Africa initiative, backed by Africa No Filter (ANF), a foundation registered in Mauritius. Africa No Filter is the data controller for the personal information described on this page. You can reach us about anything here at info@africanofilter.org.
What we collect, and when
- Alerts. When you subscribe, we collect your email address.
- Your account. If you sign in, we collect your name, email address and a password.
- Platforms and success stories. When you recommend a platform or share a story, we collect the details you enter, which may include your name, email address, organisation and links.
- Saved platforms. The platforms you save are kept in your own browser, on your device, not against an account. If you accept cookies they are kept from one visit to the next; if you decline, only until you close the tab.
- Technical data. Like most websites, our systems receive basic information your browser sends, such as your IP address and device and browser type, plus a small number of strictly necessary cookies that keep you signed in and hold your session. If you accept cookies, we also collect usage measurements (the pages viewed, how visitors arrived, how quickly pages loaded, and errors) so we can improve the Hub.
Why we use it
- To run the Hub and give you the features you ask for, such as alerts and your account. Our legal basis is providing a service you have requested.
- To review and publish the platforms and stories you choose to submit. Our legal basis is your consent when you submit, and our legitimate interest in running an accurate, useful directory.
- To send the alerts you subscribe to. Our legal basis is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time by unsubscribing.
- To keep the platform secure and working. Our legal basis is our legitimate interest.
- To understand how the Hub is used and improve it, through the usage measurements described under Cookies. Our legal basis is your consent, which you give or refuse on your first visit and can withdraw at any time.
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for advertising.
Cookies
The Hub uses a small number of strictly necessary cookies to keep you signed in and hold your session, and your browser’s storage to remember your cookie choice. It runs no advertising cookies and sells no data. If you accept cookies, your browser’s storage also keeps your language, the platforms you save and which pop-ups you have closed from one visit to the next; if you decline, the platforms you save are kept only until you close the tab. If you accept, we also measure how the site is used, with two services. Amazon CloudWatch RUM records page views, page speed and errors, with a randomly generated visitor identifier that lets us tell one visit from another. Google Analytics records which pages you view, how you arrived and what you do there, such as how far you scroll and which links out of the Hub you follow, using two cookies of the Hub’s own, named hub_ga and hub_ga_ followed by an identifier, which last up to two years unless your browser shortens that. It sees each page’s full address, so it also receives the words you search the directory for and the name of any website you look up on Check a platform, and it works out your approximate location from your IP address. Apart from that, neither service records what you type, and Google’s advertising features are switched off. If you decline, none of that measurement runs. If you withdraw your answer later, both services stop and the cookies they set are removed. The built-in page translator is provided by Google. It loads only if you accept and a language other than English has been chosen, on the Hub or on Africa No Filter’s main site, which shares that choice through a cookie named googtrans; using it means Google receives your IP address and the page you are reading. If a page has a film from YouTube, nothing is loaded from YouTube until you press play; the film then plays from YouTube’s privacy-enhanced service, and Google receives your IP address and may store information in your browser, under Google’s own terms. You can change or withdraw your answer at any time with the “Cookie choices” link in the footer.
Who we share it with
We use a small number of trusted providers to run the service on our behalf, and only for that purpose: Amazon Web Services, which we use for email delivery (Amazon SES) and infrastructure, and our hosting and database providers. These providers act on our instructions and are not allowed to use your information for their own purposes. If you use the search box or the story drafter, the words you type (for the story drafter, that includes your name, country and answers) are sent to our AI service provider, Amazon Bedrock in Africa No Filter’s own AWS account, to understand what you are looking for or to draft your story. The provider processes the text to produce the result and does not keep it to train its models; your search words are not stored with your identity. If you accept cookies, Google receives the usage measurements described under Cookies, through Google Analytics, under Google’s own terms for that service. We will share personal information with authorities only where the law requires it.
Where your information is held
Africa No Filter is registered in Mauritius, and some of our providers process data in the United Kingdom, the European Union or the United States. Where personal information moves across borders, we rely on the safeguards those providers offer, such as standard contractual clauses.
How long we keep it
We keep your account for as long as it is open. If you subscribe to alerts, we keep your email address until you unsubscribe. Platforms and stories you submit for publication are kept as part of the public record of the Hub unless you ask us to remove them. We delete or anonymise personal information once we no longer need it.
Your rights
Under the Mauritius Data Protection Act 2017, and the GDPR where it applies to you, you can ask to see the personal information we hold about you, correct it, delete it, object to or restrict how we use it, withdraw your consent, and receive a copy in a portable format. To make any of these requests, contact us at info@africanofilter.org. You also have the right to complain to the Data Protection Office in Mauritius, or to the data protection authority where you live.
Changes to this policy
We will update this page when our practices change, and we will revise the date at the top. If the changes are significant, we will make that clear on the Hub.