Terms of Use — Kuma app

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Last updated: August 8, 2026

1. Purpose

These terms govern the use of the mobile application Kuma — Contes d’Afrique, published by Ultimes Griots Group (UGG), a limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) with share capital of 1,000,000 FCFA, registered with the RCCM of Abidjan under no. CI-ABJ-2020-B-11777, operating under the trade name “Ultimes Griots” (hereinafter “we”). Using the application constitutes acceptance of these terms. If you do not accept them, do not install the application, or uninstall it.

2. Who may use Kuma

Kuma is an application intended for children, but the account is created and managed by a parent or legal guardian of full legal age. By creating an account, you declare that you are of full legal age and that you hold parental authority over the children whose profiles you create.

We do not collect any information directly from a child: children’s profiles are filled in by the responsible adult.

3. The account

You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for all activity carried out from your account. Notify us without delay at editions@ultimesgriots.com if you suspect unauthorized access. An account is personal and may not be shared outside the household.

4. License to use the content

The tales, texts, illustrations, audio recordings, music and interface elements of Kuma are protected. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable license, limited to private and family use, for the duration of your access to the service.

You may not: copy, extract, record, redistribute, upload, translate, sell or commercially exploit all or part of the content; circumvent a technical protection measure; or use the content to train an artificial intelligence system.

Use in classrooms or libraries — the license above covers the family setting. Collective use — school, library, cultural center, association — is possible and welcome, but is subject to a separate agreement: write to us at editions@ultimesgriots.com to set it up.

5. Oral heritage and respect for sources

The tales distributed by Kuma belong to Africa’s oral heritage. Our adaptations, texts, translations, illustrations and recordings are protected works whose rights are held by Ultimes Griots Group. The protection covers these adaptations, not the traditional stories themselves, which remain a common good.

6. Availability of the service

We strive to keep Kuma available at all times, but cannot guarantee it: maintenance, a service provider outage, an operating system update or a connection failure may interrupt it. We may change the application, and add or remove tales and features.

Once the tales have been downloaded to the device, Kuma works offline — reading and listening do not require a connection. A connection is still required to create an account, download new tales and sync progress across devices.

7. Prohibited conduct

The following are prohibited in particular: attempting to access non-public parts of the service, disrupting its operation, using an automated tool to extract its content, or impersonating a third party.

8. Suspension and termination

You may stop using Kuma at any time and delete your account (procedure here). We may suspend or close an account in the event of a serious breach of these terms, after informing you, except in an emergency or where required by law.

9. Personal data

The processing of your data is described in our privacy policy, which forms an integral part of these terms.

10. Liability

Kuma is an entertainment and cultural enrichment service. We do not guarantee that it meets any specific educational objective. We cannot be held liable for indirect damages, nor beyond the amounts you have paid us over the last twelve months. Nothing in these terms limits a liability that cannot legally be limited, in particular towards a consumer.

11. Changes to the terms

We may amend these terms. In the event of a substantial change, we will inform you in the application or by email at least 30 days before it takes effect. Continuing to use Kuma after that date constitutes acceptance.

12. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by Ivorian law. If you are a consumer residing in the European Union, you retain the benefit of the mandatory provisions of your country of residence and may bring proceedings before its courts. We always prefer an amicable solution: write to editions@ultimesgriots.com first.

13. Contact

ULTIMES GRIOTS GROUP, abbreviated as UGG Limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) with share capital of 1,000,000 FCFA. Registered office: Petro Ivoire — Angré — Lot 19, îlot 1 — 01 BP 6468 Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire. Registered with the Trade and Personal Property Credit Register (Registre du Commerce et du Crédit Mobilier) of Abidjan under no. RCCM CI-ABJ-2020-B-11777 Email: editions@ultimesgriots.com