Legal Notice

The website soko.yelessa.cg is published by Coopérative Maraîchère et de Transformation de Yelessa, a Congolese-law agricultural cooperative operating the Soko platform — agricultural market intelligence infrastructure and B2B marketplace for the Republic of Congo.

• Legal name : Coopérative Maraîchère et de Transformation de Yelessa
• Legal form : Approved cooperative society
• Registered office : Zibati, Sub-prefecture of Kakamoéka, Kouilou Department, Republic of Congo
• Ministerial approval : N° 1040/MAEP/DGA-DAPR issued on 1 September 2021 by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (10-year validity)
• Email : soko@yelessa.cg
• Phone : +242 06 112 40 40

The publication director is the legal representative of Coopérative Yelessa. For any question regarding site content, contact soko@yelessa.cg.

The site is hosted on Hetzner Online GmbH servers (Germany) and the database is operated via Supabase (cloud infrastructure located in Europe).

• Hetzner Online GmbH — Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany · hetzner.com
• Supabase Inc. — 970 Toa Payoh North #07-04, Singapore 318992 · supabase.com

All site content (texts, graphics, logos, photographs, collected data, source code, Soko visual identity) is the exclusive property of Coopérative Maraîchère et de Transformation de Yelessa, unless otherwise stated. Any reproduction, representation, modification or exploitation, in whole or in part, without prior written authorization, is prohibited and constitutes counterfeiting punishable under intellectual property law.

Third-party trademarks, logos and distinctive signs cited on the site remain the property of their respective owners.

Personal data processing is detailed in our Privacy Policy. In accordance with Congolese law n° 29-2019 of 10 October 2019 on personal data protection and the GDPR for EU residents, you have rights of access, rectification, erasure and objection.

Soko publishes price data collected in the field for informational purposes. While Coopérative Yelessa applies a rigorous verification protocol (trained agents, cross-checks, historical correlation), published prices are indicative and do not constitute a commercial guarantee or contractual commitment. Soko cannot be held liable for discrepancies between displayed prices and prices actually applied in the markets.

Users of the B2B marketplace are solely responsible for the transactions they enter into. Soko acts as a technical intermediary and is not a party to commercial contracts between buyers and sellers.

The site may contain links to external websites. Coopérative Yelessa exercises no control over the content of these third-party sites and disclaims any liability for their content, availability or practices.

This site and these legal notices are governed by the law of the Republic of Congo. Any dispute regarding the use of the site falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Brazzaville, subject to mandatory provisions of private international law applicable to consumers.

For any question regarding these legal notices, contact us at soko@yelessa.cg.