Website Terms and Conditions

Last updated: 9 October 2026

2.1 Who we are

This website is owned and run by the African Preservice Education Association NPC ("APEA", "we", "us"), a non-profit company registered in South Africa under registration number 2025/675966/08, with its address in Johannesburg, Gauteng. APEA is an initiative of the Pedagogical Science Institute (PSI). You can reach us at info@apea.international.

Section 43 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 (ECTA) requires us to give you certain information about ourselves. You'll find it in clause 2.17 at the end of these terms.

2.2 Accepting these terms

These terms apply to everyone who visits or uses apea.international and its pages for the African Future Skills Indaba (AFSI 2027), including the ticket shop, programme application forms, the delegate area and the careers page. By using the site you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

Some parts of the site have their own extra terms, which apply on top of these:

• Ticket, Event and Application Terms (section 3), when you buy a pass or apply for a programme
• Privacy Policy (section 4) and Cookie Policy (section 5), which explain how we handle your personal information
• the Applicant Privacy Notice on our Careers page (section 7), when you apply for a job with us

If there's a conflict, the more specific terms win for that activity.

2.3 Age and capacity

You must be 18 or older to create an account, buy a ticket or sign up for a programme in your own name. Young people under 18 may take part in AFSI youth programmes (such as the Schools Policy Simulation or the Youth Policy Prize) only through a school, organisation or parent or guardian who registers them and gives consent on their behalf. If you're under 18, please ask a parent, guardian or teacher to help you.

2.4 Accounts and the delegate area

If you create an account, keep your login details private. You're responsible for what happens under your account unless it was used without your fault after you told us it had been compromised. Give us accurate details and keep them up to date. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, is used for fraud, or puts other users at risk. We'll tell you why unless the law or a security reason stops us.

2.5 Acceptable use

You may use the site for lawful purposes only. You must not:

• try to get unauthorised access to the site, our systems or other people's accounts, or interfere with how the site works (these may be offences under the Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020)
• upload viruses, malware or anything built to harm devices or data
• scrape, harvest or copy content or personal information in bulk, by automated means or otherwise, without our written permission
• send spam or unsolicited commercial messages through any form or feature on the site
• pretend to be APEA, AFSI, a speaker, a partner or anyone else
• post anything unlawful, defamatory, hateful, discriminatory, harassing or that infringes someone else's rights
• resell or advertise AFSI tickets or discount codes without our written consent

2.6 Our content and trademarks

The site and everything on it (text, design, graphics, logos, photographs, video, programme material and software) belong to APEA or our licensors and are protected by the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 and other intellectual property laws. "APEA", "African Preservice Education Association", "African Future Skills Indaba", "AFSI" and their logos are our marks. You may not use them without our written permission, except to refer to us accurately.

You may view, download and print pages for your own personal, non-commercial use, and share links to them. Anything else needs our permission.

Outputs that we publish openly, such as the AFSI communiqué, policy briefs and working group reports, will say on the document if they're released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence. Where they are, you may share and adapt them as long as you credit APEA and AFSI 2027 and link to the licence.

2.7 Content you send us

When you submit something to us through the site (an application, an abstract, a comment, a photo, a film entry or feedback), you confirm that it's yours or that you have permission to share it, and that it doesn't break anyone's rights or the law. You keep ownership. You give APEA a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, reproduce and display it for the purpose you sent it for and to report on AFSI and APEA's work, with credit to you where it's practical. Programme-specific rules (for example, the Future Skills Film Project or Young Talent Call) may set different rights, and those rules will apply.

We may remove any user content that breaks these terms. We don't check everything people post, and views shared by users, speakers or partners are theirs, not APEA's.

2.8 Links and third-party services

The site links to sites and services we don't control, such as partner websites, social media and video platforms. Parts of the site run on services provided by others: the site is built and hosted on Wix, tickets are sold through Wix Events, and card payments are processed by Peach Payments. When you use those services, their own terms and privacy policies also apply. We aren't responsible for third-party content or for how those sites work, but we choose our service providers carefully and require them to protect your information (see section 4).

2.9 Accuracy of information and programme changes

We work hard to keep the site accurate. But the AFSI 2027 programme is still being built, and speakers, sessions, times, rooms and partners can change. Information on the site is a guide, not a promise, and it isn't professional, legal, financial or educational advice. Where a change materially affects a ticket you've bought, section 3 explains your options.

2.10 Availability and security

We aim to keep the site available, but we can't promise it will always be uninterrupted, error-free or free of harmful code. We may take it offline for maintenance, updates or reasons beyond our control. We use reasonable technical and organisational security measures, and you should also keep your own devices protected.

2.11 Limitation of liability

Important notice under section 49 of the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 (CPA): this clause limits our liability and places risk on you. Please read it carefully.

To the extent the law allows, APEA, its directors, staff, volunteers and agents won't be liable for any loss or damage that comes from using, or not being able to use, this website, including indirect or consequential loss, loss of data, loss of profit or loss of opportunity, unless it was caused by our gross negligence or wilful misconduct. Where we are liable for a ticket or service bought through the site, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us for it.

Nothing in these terms limits any right you have under the CPA or other law that can't be excluded, or our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence.

2.12 Indemnity

You agree to indemnify APEA against claims, losses and reasonable legal costs that third parties bring against us because you broke these terms, broke the law or infringed someone else's rights while using the site. This doesn't apply to the extent the loss was caused by us.

2.13 Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the law of the Republic of South Africa. If you have a complaint, please contact us first at info@apea.international and we'll try to resolve it within 15 business days. If we can't, you may approach the National Consumer Commission, the Consumer Goods and Services Ombud, or the courts. You agree that the courts of South Africa have jurisdiction, and we consent to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate's Court for disputes within its limits, even if the amount would otherwise fall to the High Court (Gauteng Division, Johannesburg). Consumers keep any right they have to bring a claim where they live.

2.14 Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. The date at the top shows the latest version. If a change materially affects you (for example, a change to ticket terms after you've bought), we'll tell you by email or a notice on the site, and the version that applied when you bought will govern that purchase.

2.15 General

If a court finds any part of these terms invalid, the rest still applies. If we don't enforce a right straight away, we haven't given it up. These terms, together with the policies listed in clause 2.2, are the whole agreement between you and APEA about the website.

2.16 Contact

Questions about these terms: info@apea.international.

2.17 Information under section 43 of ECTA