Art. 39 of Law No. 2018-40 stipulates that in the case of a foreign investment in the form of a public-private partnership, 20% of the shares must be provided by nationals.

According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Niger, applicants resident outside the territory of the Member States must file through an agent selected in one of those Member States (Section III, Art. 8). The professional status of agent accredited to the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) is governed by the Regulations on the Profession of Authorised Agent before the OAPI.

Niger is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

Niger has a copyright regime under the Ordinance No. 2010-95. However, the exceptions do not follow the fair use or fair dealing model, therefore limiting the lawful use of copyrighted work by others. Arts. 10-27 list the exceptions, which include free reproduction for private use, free use for teaching and scientific research, free reproduction for judicial and administrative purposes, and free use for information purposes, among others.
In addition, the Revised Bangui Agreement is a regional intellectual property law that is not only a regional convention applicable in all member states but also serves as a national intellectual property law in Niger and each of the other member states. The Revised Bangui Agreement contains provisions on copyright in Annex VII: Chapter IV (Limitations to Economic Rights) and establishes a regime of copyright exceptions. Nevertheless, these exceptions similarly do not conform to the fair use or fair dealing models.

Niger has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty

Niger has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Niger does not have a comprehensive framework in place that provides effective protection of trade secrets, but there are limited measures addressing some issues related to them. Provisions addressing disclosure, acquisition or use of confidential information in the course of industrial or commercial activities by third parties can be found in Art. 6 of Annex VIII of the Bangui Agreement ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Niger, in 2002.

According to Arts. 3 and 4 of the Decree 2012-527/PRN/MC/NTI, passive infrastructure sharing in the telecom sector is an obligation. When telecom operators plan to deploy their telecommunications networks or services to the public, they must prioritise any solution that involves the sharing of existing infrastructure.

Niger Telecoms is a fully state-owned telecommunications company created in 2016 by the merger of the two Nigerien state telecommunications companies, Sonitel (voice and internet via fixed telephony) and Sahelcom (voice and internet via mobile telephony).

It is reported that Niger mandates functional and accounting separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market.

Niger is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).

Agreement No. 004-2025 on the Regulations for the Approval of Telecommunications Equipment establishes the national type-approval procedure. Pursuant to Arts. 4–5, telecommunications equipment subject to the approval regime must hold an appropriate conformity certification demonstrating compliance with the technical, regulatory, health, and human safety standards applicable in Nicaragua, or with standards issued by international standardisation bodies adopted and accepted by the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services (TELCOR). For such certifications to be recognised in Nicaragua, conformity assessment bodies and national or international testing laboratories, whether public or private, must be accredited by the competent national authority responsible for technical standardisation and quality certification of products and services.
Art. 6 further provides that TELCOR may enter into mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) with other States or international organisations for the reciprocal recognition of standards, conformity certifications, and laboratory tests issued by the relevant conformity certification bodies. Accordingly, an applicant for a certificate of approval who holds a certificate of conformity issued by a State or organisation recognised by TELCOR under an MRA may apply for the registration of approved telecommunications equipment in accordance with the terms established in that MRA.
Under Art. 10, an applicant seeking a certificate of approval must submit, inter alia: (a) a duly completed approval application form; (c) a copy of the document evidencing the applicant’s legal representation; (d) a certificate of conformity issued by at least one international standardisation organisation and/or a foreign regulatory authority accredited in Nicaragua, although, pending the accreditation of an international conformity certification body in Nicaragua, a notarised declaration of conformity may be submitted instead (and, where issued abroad, it must be duly apostilled or otherwise authenticated); (e) laboratory test reports, the technical specifications sheet for the telecommunications equipment, and, optionally, the user manual; and (f) photographs of the interior and exterior of the telecommunications equipment.

Nicaragua does not implement any de minimis threshold, which is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties.