This Cookie Policy explains how Prospen Africa uses cookies and similar technologies on our website to recognise you, remember your preferences, and improve the way our website functions. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information more broadly.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Cookies allow a website to recognise your device and remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, language selection, and browsing history on that website.

2. How We Use Cookies

We may use Cookies to manage your sessions and to store your preferences, tracking information, and language selection. Cookies may be used whether or not you register with us. The types of information a Cookie may collect include the date and time of your visits to our website, your browsing history on our website, your preferences, and your username.

We also follow the standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit our website. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamps, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is not linked to anything that is personally identifiable. It is used for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

We use cookies and other tools, such as web analytics tools and pixel tags, to automatically collect information when you visit our website. This includes information about the type of browser you use, your IP address, and the hyperlinks you have clicked on. We gather this information for statistical and research purposes. This information does not identify an individual specifically and is not used for that purpose.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for our website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how our website functions.

Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or login details) and provide enhanced, more personalised features. They may also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of pages that you can customise.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and whether they receive error messages from certain pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor; all information collected is aggregated and used to help us improve the way our website works.

Marketing and Targeting Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver content more relevant to you and your interests. They may be used to deliver targeted information, and to limit the number of times you see an advertisement, as well as to help measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In some instances, our third-party service providers may use Cookies on our website, for example to enable analytics tools, social media plug-ins, or marketing platforms. We cannot control or access Cookies used by third-party service providers. This Cookie Policy covers only Cookies used by us, and not any Cookies used by third parties. We encourage you to read the privacy and cookie policies of any third-party services linked from our website.

5. Your Consent and Cookie Choices

You have the ability to accept or decline the use of Cookies on the device you use to access our website. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings, including the ability to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies that have already been set. Please note that declining the use of Cookies may limit your access to certain features and functionality of our website.

You can manage your cookie preferences in most browsers by visiting the "Settings", "Options", or "Privacy" section of your browser. Please note that restricting cookies may impact the functionality of this and many other websites you visit.

6. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, our cookie usage, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to periodically review this page to stay informed about our use of cookies.

7. More Information

For more information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal information more broadly, please see our Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us using the details below.