Effective Date: 29 September 2026
Digital Skills for Africa (“DSA,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) provides online learning, digital skills development, professional development resources, scholarship opportunities, and related services through digitalskillsforafrica.com.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices available to you when you use our website, create an account, enroll in courses, apply for scholarships, or otherwise interact with Digital Skills for Africa.
Information We Collect
When you create a Digital Skills for Africa account, we may collect information including your first and last name, email address, telephone number, date of birth, gender, and country of residence.
We may also collect information generated through your use of the platform, including course enrollments, learning progress, course completions, quiz activity, certificates, orders or payments, scholarship applications, and other interactions with DSA services.
When you contact us, we may retain your correspondence and any information you provide as part of that communication.
Sign in with Google
Digital Skills for Africa allows users to create or access their account using Sign in with Google.
When you choose this option, Google may provide DSA with basic account information such as your name, email address, profile image, and a unique identifier associated with your Google account.
Digital Skills for Africa uses this information only to authenticate you, identify or create your DSA account, and provide access to our services.
We do not use Sign in with Google to access your Gmail messages, Google Drive files, contacts, calendar, or other private Google content.
Your use of Google services remains subject to Google’s own privacy policies and terms.
How We Use Your Information
We use personal information to operate and improve Digital Skills for Africa, create and manage user accounts, authenticate users, deliver courses and track learning progress, provide learner profiles and certificates, process payments or orders where applicable, administer scholarships and other programmes, communicate important account or service information, provide learner support, maintain platform security, understand the geographic and demographic reach of our programmes, and meet applicable legal and administrative requirements.
We may also use aggregated or anonymized information for research, programme evaluation, reporting, and improving our educational services.
Scholarships and Partner Programmes
From time to time, Digital Skills for Africa may offer scholarships funded or supported by foundations, universities, companies, development partners, donors, or other organizations.
Scholarship applications may require additional information beyond your standard DSA profile. The specific information requested and how it will be used will be explained as part of the relevant scholarship or programme application.
We do not provide partner organizations unrestricted access to your DSA account or learning information merely because they support a programme.
Payments
Where paid courses, certifications, or other services are offered, payments may be processed by third-party payment providers. DSA does not necessarily receive or store your complete payment-card or banking credentials.
Payment providers process information according to their own privacy policies and security practices.
Cookies and Technical Information
DSA may use cookies and similar technologies required to maintain login sessions, remember preferences, secure accounts, operate learning functionality, and understand how the platform is used.
We may also receive technical information such as browser type, device type, approximate location derived from network information, IP address, pages visited, and timestamps for security, analytics, and operational purposes.
How We Share Information
We do not sell personal information.
We may share information with service providers that help us operate our website, learning platform, payments, email communications, hosting, analytics, or security.
We may also disclose information where required by law, necessary to protect users or the platform, or where you have specifically authorized us to do so.
Where DSA works with scholarship sponsors or programme partners, information sharing will be limited to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant programme and subject to applicable agreements and privacy requirements.
Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide DSA services, maintain legitimate educational and administrative records, comply with legal or financial obligations, resolve disputes, and protect the security and integrity of our systems.
Retention periods may differ depending on the type of information involved.
Your Choices and Rights
You may contact DSA to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information associated with your account, subject to legal, financial, educational-record, and security requirements that may require us to retain certain information.
You may also stop using Digital Skills for Africa or disconnect Sign in with Google through your Google Account settings.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
No online service can guarantee absolute security, and users are also responsible for protecting their account credentials and devices.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as Digital Skills for Africa develops new services, programmes, technologies, or partnerships.
When material changes are made, we may provide notice through the website, account interface, or other appropriate communication.
Contact Us
Questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information may be directed to:
Digital Skills for Africa
660 Woodward Ave
Detroit, Michigan
United States
Email: contact@digitalskillsforafrica.com
Website: digitalskillsforafrica.com