Terms and Conditions

title: "Terms and Conditions" effectiveDate: "April 27, 2026" lastUpdated: "April 25, 2026"

1. Introduction

Welcome to the official website and digital platforms of the African Institute of Contract Management, also referred to as AICM, "we," "us," or "our."

These Terms and Conditions govern your access to and use of our website, membership services, training programmes, certification processes, events, publications, digital resources, communication channels, and any other services provided by AICM.

By accessing our website, registering for membership, applying for certification, enrolling for training, attending an event, making payment, downloading resources, subscribing to our communications, or engaging with AICM in any way, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.

If you do not agree with these Terms, you should not use our website, platforms, or services.

2. About AICM

AICM is a professional institution committed to advancing contract management standards across Africa through professional development, certification, training, thought leadership, events, community building, and institutional support.

AICM may provide membership services, professional learning programmes, certification opportunities, advisory resources, events, publications, networking platforms, and other services designed to support contract management professionals, organisations, institutions, and stakeholders.

3. Legal and Regulatory Alignment

These Terms are intended to operate in line with applicable Nigerian laws and generally accepted legal and commercial standards across Africa, including laws relating to data protection, consumer protection, electronic transactions, intellectual property, cybercrime prevention, professional conduct, and contractual obligations.

AICM's handling of personal information is subject to the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 and applicable data protection standards. The Nigeria Data Protection Commission provides official data protection resources, including the NDPA. (ndpc.gov.ng)

Nigeria's Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018 is the main statute governing consumer protection and competition regulation in Nigeria. (fccpc.gov.ng)

Where relevant, cyber-related activities may also be governed by Nigeria's Cybercrimes legal framework, including the 2024 amendment. (cert.gov.ng)

4. Eligibility

By using AICM's website or services, you confirm that you are at least 18 years old or have the legal authority and capacity to enter into binding obligations.

Where you use our services on behalf of an organisation, institution, employer, client, or third party, you confirm that you have the authority to act on behalf of that organisation or person.

AICM reserves the right to refuse, suspend, or terminate access to any service where eligibility, identity, payment, conduct, or compliance requirements are not met.

5. Use of the Website

You agree to use AICM's website and digital platforms only for lawful, professional, and legitimate purposes.

You must not use our website or platforms to:

Upload, transmit, or distribute unlawful, harmful, abusive, defamatory, fraudulent, misleading, obscene, discriminatory, or offensive content
Interfere with the security, functionality, or availability of the website
Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems, accounts, databases, or restricted areas
Impersonate another person or organisation
Submit false, inaccurate, or misleading information
Copy, scrape, reproduce, or misuse website content without permission
Introduce viruses, malware, harmful code, or other disruptive technologies
Use our platforms in a way that violates applicable law, professional ethics, or these Terms

AICM may restrict or terminate access to its website or services where misuse is suspected.

6. Membership

AICM may offer different membership categories, levels, benefits, subscriptions, or professional affiliations.

By applying for membership, you agree to provide accurate, complete, and current information. You also agree to update your information where necessary.

Membership approval, renewal, suspension, upgrade, downgrade, or termination shall be subject to AICM's internal policies, eligibility criteria, payment requirements, professional standards, and any other requirements communicated by AICM.

AICM reserves the right to reject any membership application where the applicant fails to meet the required criteria, provides false information, violates these Terms, or acts in a manner inconsistent with AICM's professional standards.

Membership benefits may change from time to time. AICM will make reasonable efforts to communicate significant changes, but does not guarantee that all benefits will remain the same indefinitely.

7. Training, Certification, and Professional Programmes

AICM may provide trainings, workshops, webinars, courses, examinations, assessments, certifications, learning materials, conferences, and related professional development programmes.

Registration for any training, certification, or programme is subject to availability, eligibility, payment, attendance requirements, assessment rules, and any programme-specific terms communicated before or during registration.

AICM reserves the right to modify programme content, facilitators, schedules, delivery methods, learning materials, assessment formats, or certification requirements where necessary.

Participation in a programme does not automatically guarantee certification, membership upgrade, professional recognition, employment, promotion, business opportunity, or any specific outcome unless expressly stated in writing by AICM.

Certificates issued by AICM remain subject to verification, internal records, compliance with programme requirements, and any applicable professional standards.

8. Events

AICM may organise physical, virtual, or hybrid events, including conferences, seminars, networking sessions, launches, panels, trainings, workshops, and stakeholder engagements.

By registering for or attending an AICM event, you agree to comply with the event rules, registration requirements, venue policies, safety guidelines, platform rules, and professional conduct expectations.

AICM may change event dates, venues, speakers, schedules, themes, formats, or access details where necessary. Where an event is postponed, rescheduled, or materially changed, AICM will make reasonable efforts to notify affected participants.

AICM may refuse entry, remove attendees, or revoke access where a participant behaves in a disruptive, abusive, unsafe, fraudulent, unlawful, or unprofessional manner.

9. Payments, Fees, and Billing

Fees for membership, training, certification, events, resources, or other services shall be as communicated by AICM at the point of registration, application, invoice, or payment.

All payments must be made through approved payment channels provided or authorised by AICM.

You are responsible for ensuring that payment information is accurate and that payments are completed within the required timeframe.

AICM may use third-party payment processors. We do not intentionally store full debit or credit card details on our own systems.

AICM reserves the right to withhold access to membership benefits, certificates, programmes, event entry, resources, or other services until payment has been confirmed.

10. Refunds, Cancellations, and Transfers

Refunds, cancellations, deferrals, and transfers shall be handled according to the specific policy applicable to the relevant membership, training, certification, event, or service.

Unless expressly stated otherwise:

Membership fees are generally non-refundable once membership has been approved or activated
Training, certification, and event fees may be non-refundable after confirmation, access to materials, attendance, or commencement of the programme
Where AICM cancels a paid programme or event without offering an alternative, affected participants may be entitled to a refund, credit, transfer, or rescheduled access as determined by AICM
Where a participant fails to attend a programme, event, examination, or assessment without prior notice, AICM shall not be obligated to issue a refund

AICM may permit substitutions or transfers at its discretion, provided the request is made within the required timeframe and the proposed replacement meets the relevant eligibility requirements.

Where our website or platforms require account creation, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login details, passwords, access codes, and account information.

You are responsible for all activities carried out through your account.

You must notify AICM immediately if you suspect unauthorised access, misuse, or compromise of your account.

AICM shall not be liable for loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your login details or from unauthorised access caused by your negligence.

12. Accuracy of Information Provided

You agree that all information you provide to AICM, whether through forms, emails, applications, payment records, professional profiles, uploads, or other channels, shall be accurate, complete, lawful, and not misleading.

AICM may rely on the information you provide for membership processing, certification, communication, verification, billing, reporting, and other legitimate purposes.

AICM reserves the right to suspend or terminate access to services where false, incomplete, fraudulent, or misleading information is provided.

13. Professional Conduct

AICM expects members, participants, partners, facilitators, attendees, and users to conduct themselves professionally and respectfully.

You must not engage in harassment, discrimination, intimidation, abusive behaviour, fraudulent activity, intellectual property infringement, reputational harm, academic misconduct, examination malpractice, certificate misuse, unauthorised recording, or any conduct that undermines AICM's credibility, community, standards, or lawful operations.

AICM may take appropriate action in response to misconduct, including warnings, suspension, termination of membership, withdrawal of certification, removal from events, denial of access, reporting to authorities, or legal action where necessary.

14. Intellectual Property

All content, materials, logos, trademarks, designs, graphics, videos, documents, publications, course materials, certification materials, event materials, website content, templates, frameworks, and other intellectual property made available by AICM are owned by AICM or licensed to AICM, unless otherwise stated.

You may access and use AICM materials only for your personal, professional, educational, or authorised organisational use.

You must not copy, reproduce, modify, sell, publish, distribute, share, upload, transmit, adapt, translate, commercially exploit, or create derivative works from AICM materials without prior written permission.

Unauthorised use of AICM's name, logo, certification marks, membership status, event materials, publications, or intellectual property is strictly prohibited.

15. Use of AICM Name, Logo, and Certification Marks

Members, certified professionals, partners, and participants may only use AICM's name, logo, membership designation, certification title, or related marks in accordance with AICM's brand, membership, and certification guidelines.

You must not represent yourself as certified, accredited, endorsed, employed, authorised, partnered, or officially affiliated with AICM unless such status has been expressly granted and remains valid.

AICM reserves the right to revoke permission to use its name, logo, marks, or credentials where such use is misleading, unauthorised, expired, unlawful, or reputationally harmful.

16. Third-Party Links and Services

AICM's website or communications may contain links to third-party websites, payment platforms, event platforms, learning systems, social media pages, partner resources, or external services.

These third-party platforms are not owned or controlled by AICM. AICM is not responsible for the content, security, availability, privacy practices, policies, errors, or conduct of third-party platforms.

Your use of third-party platforms is subject to their own terms, policies, and conditions.

17. Communications

By engaging with AICM, you agree that we may contact you through email, phone, SMS, WhatsApp, website notifications, social media, or other communication channels you provide.

Communications may include membership updates, programme information, event details, invoices, receipts, service notices, administrative messages, newsletters, professional insights, policy updates, and promotional content.

You may opt out of marketing communications, but AICM may still send important administrative, transactional, legal, or service-related messages.

18. Media, Photography, and Recordings

AICM may take photographs, videos, screenshots, audio recordings, or other media during events, trainings, webinars, meetings, conferences, and institutional activities.

By attending or participating in such activities, you acknowledge that your image, voice, name, organisation, comments, or likeness may appear in event documentation, reports, promotional materials, educational content, social media posts, website updates, newsletters, or institutional archives.

Where required, AICM will seek appropriate consent for uses that go beyond reasonable event documentation or institutional communication.

If you do not wish to be photographed, recorded, or featured, you should notify AICM before or during the relevant activity.

19. Website Content and No Professional Advice

The content provided on AICM's website, publications, trainings, events, newsletters, or digital platforms is for general educational, informational, professional development, and institutional purposes.

Although AICM aims to provide accurate and useful content, such content should not be treated as legal advice, financial advice, procurement advice, investment advice, or a substitute for advice from qualified professionals.

You should seek independent professional advice before making decisions based on any information obtained from AICM's website, materials, events, or programmes.

20. No Guarantee of Outcomes

AICM's services are designed to support professional development, capacity building, institutional growth, and standards improvement.

However, AICM does not guarantee employment, promotion, business contracts, regulatory approval, financial gain, certification success, professional recognition, or any specific personal, organisational, or commercial outcome.

Your results may depend on your own qualifications, participation, professional background, effort, compliance, assessment performance, market conditions, employer policies, and other external factors.

21. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, AICM shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, reputational, economic, or business losses arising from your use of our website, services, materials, events, platforms, or communications.

This includes loss of profit, opportunity, data, contracts, goodwill, revenue, business, or expected benefit.

AICM's total liability for any claim arising from a paid service shall, where permitted by law, be limited to the amount paid by you for the specific service giving rise to the claim.

Nothing in these Terms shall exclude liability that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable law.

22. Disclaimer of Warranties

AICM provides its website, digital platforms, materials, and services on an "as available" and "as provided" basis.

While we aim to maintain reliable and professional services, we do not guarantee that our website or platforms will be uninterrupted, error-free, virus-free, fully secure, or available at all times.

AICM does not warrant that all information on the website will always be complete, current, or free from error, though we will make reasonable efforts to correct inaccuracies where identified.

23. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless AICM, its officers, directors, employees, consultants, facilitators, partners, agents, and representatives from any claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, expenses, or legal fees arising from:

Your breach of these Terms
Your misuse of our website, services, materials, name, logo, or certification marks
Your violation of applicable law
Your infringement of another person's rights
Your provision of false or misleading information
Your unauthorised sharing of restricted materials
Your misconduct during any AICM programme, event, or engagement

24. Suspension and Termination

AICM may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to its website, membership, programmes, events, digital platforms, certifications, or services where:

You breach these Terms
You fail to make required payment
You provide false or misleading information
You misuse AICM's materials or intellectual property
You engage in misconduct
Your actions threaten the reputation, security, or lawful operations of AICM
AICM is required to do so by law, regulation, court order, or competent authority

Termination shall not affect any rights, obligations, liabilities, or payments that arose before termination.

25. Force Majeure

AICM shall not be liable for delay, interruption, non-performance, or failure to deliver any service where such delay or failure is caused by events beyond its reasonable control.

Such events may include acts of God, fire, flood, pandemic, epidemic, war, civil unrest, terrorism, strikes, power failure, internet disruption, government action, regulatory restriction, venue closure, platform failure, cyber incident, or any other event beyond reasonable control.

Where possible, AICM will make reasonable efforts to resume performance, reschedule affected activities, or provide suitable alternatives.

26. Changes to Services

AICM may modify, suspend, discontinue, replace, or update any part of its website, services, membership structure, programme offerings, certification process, event format, pricing, resources, or policies at any time.

Where changes materially affect paid services, AICM will make reasonable efforts to communicate such changes to affected users.

27. Changes to These Terms

AICM may update these Terms and Conditions from time to time to reflect changes in law, regulation, services, operations, technology, pricing, policies, or institutional needs.

The updated version will be posted on our website with a revised "Last Updated" date.

Your continued use of AICM's website or services after any update means you accept the revised Terms.

28. Privacy and Data Protection

AICM collects and processes personal information in accordance with its Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws.

By using our website or services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood our Privacy Policy.

Where these Terms and the Privacy Policy address related issues, both documents shall be read together.

29. Governing Law

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Where AICM operates, partners, or delivers services outside Nigeria, relevant local laws may also apply to the extent required.

30. Dispute Resolution

Where any dispute arises from or relates to these Terms, AICM's website, membership, training, certification, events, payments, or services, the parties shall first attempt to resolve the matter amicably through good-faith discussions.

If the dispute is not resolved within a reasonable period, the parties may explore mediation or other alternative dispute resolution methods before commencing formal legal proceedings, except where urgent legal action is necessary.

Subject to applicable law, Nigerian courts shall have jurisdiction over disputes arising from these Terms.

31. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision shall be modified or removed only to the extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall continue to remain valid and enforceable.

32. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with AICM's Privacy Policy and any programme-specific, membership-specific, certification-specific, or event-specific terms, constitute the entire agreement between you and AICM regarding your use of our website and services.

33. Contact Information

For questions, complaints, notices, or requests relating to these Terms and Conditions, please contact:

African Institute of Contract Management [AICM]

Email: info@aicmcenter.org
Website: www.aicmcenter.org
Address: Lagos, Nigeria

Questions? Email info@aicmcenter.org

Terms & Conditions