Legal

Terms of Use

Effective 2026-10-21

These terms are an agreement between you and Sankofa Network. By installing or using Sika you accept them. If you do not accept them, do not use Sika.

1. The service

Sika is a private messaging app with related services: relay, push notifications, calls, groups, file transfer and, where available, SikaPay order and escrow features. The Sika app and services are in early access. Features may change, and some are labelled beta.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 16 years old, or the age of digital consent in your country if higher, and able to enter into a binding agreement. If you use Sika for an organisation, you confirm that you may bind it. You may not use Sika where doing so would breach applicable sanctions or export laws.

3. Your account and keys

Your Sika identity is a key created on your phone. You are responsible for your phone, your PIN and your backup code. Because we never hold your keys, we cannot recover an account, a PIN or a backup code. If you lose them, your data may be permanently inaccessible.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to use Sika to:

• break the law or infringe the rights of others, including sharing illegal content;
• harass, threaten, defraud or exploit anyone, or send unsolicited bulk messages or calls;
• distribute malware, or attempt to disrupt, probe or gain unauthorised access to the service or other users;
• circumvent limits, block lists or technical protections, or reverse engineer the service except where the law allows it;
• use the service for any activity that could cause serious harm to people.

Because content is end-to-end encrypted, we cannot see it and do not review it. We may act on reports, on technical signs of abuse and on legal requests, including by limiting or ending access to our relay and push services for a key.

5. Your content

You keep all rights in the content you send. You give us only the limited permission needed to carry it, which in practice means transporting encrypted data we cannot read. You are responsible for your content and for having the right to share it. If you send us feedback, you allow us to use it to improve Sika without obligation to you.

6. SikaPay orders

Orders in a conversation are agreements between buyer and seller. SikaPay records the steps of an order and applies the rules shown on the order card. In early access, orders may use test money only, and no real funds are held. SikaPay is not a bank. Where real payments are offered, additional terms and any required verification will apply before you can use them, and we will tell you.

7. Early access and availability

Early access software may contain errors and may be interrupted or changed. We aim for high availability but do not promise uninterrupted service. Keep a backup of anything important. Sika calls are not a replacement for a telephone line. Do not rely on Sika to contact emergency services. Features described on our website as planned or coming next are plans, not promises, and may change or never ship. The images on our website are AI-generated illustrations and do not show real customers.

8. Software licence

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the Sika app on devices you own or control, for lawful use. Sika and its logo are our property. This licence does not transfer ownership.

9. Third-party services

Sika relies on third-party services, including Google services for push notifications. Their terms apply to your use of them.

10. Warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Sika is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Nothing in these terms limits rights that the law does not allow to be limited.

11. Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, loss of profit, or loss of data, and our total liability for any claim relating to Sika is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim and USD 100. Nothing excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law, including for fraud or for death or personal injury caused by negligence.

12. Suspension and ending

You may stop using Sika at any time. We may suspend or end your access to our services if you breach these terms, if the law requires it, or to protect others. Sections that by their nature should survive will survive.

13. Changes

We may update these terms. If a change matters, we will update the effective date and tell you in the app before it applies. If you continue to use Sika after the change takes effect, you accept the new terms.

14. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of Nigeria, without regard to conflict of law rules. The courts of Nigeria have exclusive jurisdiction, except where mandatory consumer law gives you the right to bring a claim in your home courts.

15. General

These terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the whole agreement between you and us about Sika. If a part of them is found unenforceable, the rest stays in force. A right we do not use is not a right we give up. You may not transfer your rights under these terms without our written consent; we may transfer ours to a successor of the business, and we will tell you if we do. We give notices by email where you have given us an address, in the app, or on this website.

16. Contact

Sankofa Network, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. support@sikaos.app.