African Center for Strategic Research and Public Policy
Cookie Policy
Information about essential, analytics, functional and payment cookies and similar technologies used by AfroStrategy.
Effective date: October 2026. Last reviewed: September 2026.
AfroStrategy uses cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, maintain secure sessions, remember preferences, understand website usage and improve performance.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of data stored on or read from a user’s device by a website or related service.
Cookies may be session-based or persistent and may be set directly by AfroStrategy or by a third-party service used on the site.
Essential cookies
Essential cookies support functions such as:
- login and authentication;
- account security;
- Registered, Premium and Institutional Access;
- shopping and checkout sessions;
- fraud prevention;
- language or interface preferences; and
- technical operation of the website.
Blocking essential cookies may prevent important features from functioning.
Analytics cookies
AfroStrategy uses Google Analytics through Google Site Kit to understand aggregate audience activity, traffic sources, page performance and engagement.
Where applicable law requires consent for analytics cookies or related storage, analytics should not be activated until appropriate consent has been obtained.
Functional technologies
Some services may use cookies or similar storage to remember settings or improve functionality.
Payment technologies
Payment providers may use cookies or similar technologies necessary for secure checkout, fraud prevention and transaction processing.
Their own privacy and cookie policies apply to technologies they control independently.
Managing cookies
You may manage cookies through our consent interface where available and through your browser or device settings.
Removing or blocking cookies may affect login, saved preferences, Premium access, Institutional Access or checkout functionality.
Changes
The categories or providers used by AfroStrategy may change as the platform develops. This Policy should be reviewed together with our Privacy Policy.
For privacy questions, contact privacy@afrostrategy.org.