Last Updated: January 15, 2025

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit certain websites. Cookies are widely used to make websites work efficiently and provide information to the website owners.

We use cookies and similar technologies (such as web beacons, pixels, and local storage) to enhance your experience on our website, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are usually set in response to actions made by you such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.

Functionality Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Targeting Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
session_id Maintains your session state across page requests Session
user_preferences Stores your website preferences 1 year
_ga Google Analytics - used to distinguish users 2 years
_gid Google Analytics - used to distinguish users 24 hours
_gat Google Analytics - used to throttle request rate 1 minute
fr Facebook Pixel - used for advertising purposes 3 months

4. Third-Party Cookies

Our website uses various third-party services that may also set cookies on your device:

  • Google Analytics: To analyze how users use our website
  • Facebook Pixel: To measure the effectiveness of our advertising
  • YouTube: For embedded videos on our site
  • Twitter: For social media integration
  • LinkedIn: For social media integration

We do not control these third-party cookies, and we recommend you review the respective privacy policies of these third parties for more information about their cookies.

5. Managing Cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed.

Browser Controls

Most web browsers allow you to:

  • See what cookies you've got and delete them on an individual basis
  • Block third-party cookies
  • Block cookies from particular sites
  • Block all cookies from being set
  • Delete all cookies when you close your browser

How to Manage Cookies in Popular Browsers

Opt-Out Tools

You can opt out of certain third-party cookies:

6. Do Not Track Signals

Our website does not currently respond to "Do Not Track" signals sent by browsers. However, you can control tracking through the cookie controls described above, or through the settings offered by various third-party services we use.

7. Changes to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookies Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Cookies Policy periodically for any changes.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at:

Adafafrica Energy Week
Data Protection Officer
123 Energy Avenue
Abuja, Nigeria
Email: privacy@adafafrica.com
Phone: +234 800 000 0000