Guinea has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Guinea has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

According to Art. 64 of Law No. 2015/018/AN, the importation of radio equipment and terminal equipment must undergo prior approval to authorise their entry into Guinean territory. According to Art. 2 of Decision A/001/ARPT/CNRPT/2017, radio equipment and terminal equipment refer to any equipment intended for direct or indirect connection to a telecommunications network termination point for the purpose of transmitting, processing or receiving information. It also includes any communication installation that uses radio frequencies to propagate waves.

Art. 14 of Law L/2022/0010/CNT provides that operators or companies working on their behalf are obliged to employ Guinean personnel in accordance with the following minimum quota by category:
- Executives: 30% of staff, including the human resources manager, from the start of operations; 40% of staff from the fourth year of operation; 50% of staff from the seventh year of operation.
- Management staff: 25% of staff from the start of operations, 40% of staff from the fourth year of operation, and 70% of staff from the seventh year of operation.
- Skilled workers: 50% of staff from the start of operations, 70% of staff from the fourth year of operation, and 85% of staff from the seventh year of operation.
- Unskilled workers: 100% of staff from the start of operations.
In the event that it is duly established by the operator, by means of documents or detailed reports sent to the Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle du Contenu Local (ARCCL), that the above quotas cannot be met at these various stages, due to a lack of expertise or availability, the operator shall draw up a detailed training programme and a timetable for the gradual replacement of foreign staff by nationals.
Operator refers to both the company in charge of carrying out public projects and investors in private sector projects covered by the investment code or companies working on their behalf, regardless of the sector.

Art. 8 of Law L/2022/0010/CNTA obliges economic operators to source Guinean goods and services as part of their activities in the Republic of Guinea. It provides that operators must conclude contracts for the supply of goods or services with Guinean natural or legal persons in order to obtain supplies on the local market, in accordance with a list of goods and services drawn up by order of the Ministry responsible for the private sector. These are goods manufactured or produced in Guinea and services provided on Guinean territory. All companies, whether local or foreign, regardless of their sector of activity, are subject to the provisions of Art. 8, with the exception of local micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Operator refers to both the company in charge of carrying out public projects and investors in private sector projects covered by the investment code or companies working on their behalf, regardless of the sector.
Art. 11 further specifies that in the event that the supply of local goods or services proves impossible due to unavailability or insufficiency, operators subject to local content are authorised, on the favourable opinion of the Autorité de Régulation et de Contrôle du Contenu Local (ARCCL), in conjunction with the ministry in charge of the private sector, to obtain supplies on the external market.

According to Art. 3 of Decision A/001/AEPT/CNRPT/2017, telecommunication equipment and terminals and radioelectric installation must be homologated and certified for compliance with the regulation. Self-certification is not allowed for those products. According to Art. 2 of the Decision, this applies to any equipment intended for direct or indirect connection to a telecommunications network termination point for the purpose of transmitting, processing or receiving information. It also includes any communication installation that uses radio frequencies to propagate waves. According to Art. 5, each homologation request must be accompanied by several documents, including a representative sample of each type of equipment subject to the request. These samples are returned to the applicant at their own expense after the related studies and tests.

According to Art. 57 of the cybersecurity and personal data protection law, the importation, sale or use of encryption services (in the law "means of cryptology") is banned unless authorised by the government.

According to Art. 7 of Decree No. D/2021/0196/PRG/CNRD/SGG, the practice of e-commerce is subject to a list of requirements, including:
- having a dedicated domain name with a ".gn" or ".com" extension for the activity;
- subscribing to a service provider for trust;
- implementing a security system for electronic transactions;
- having a website dedicated to the activity;
- registering as an e-commerce provider.

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 80, below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

It has been reported that eligibility to register a '.com.gn' domain name is restricted exclusively to companies based in Guinea.

According to Art. 7 of Decree No. D/2021/0196/PRG/CNRD/SGG, the practice of e-commerce is subject to a list of requirements, including having a dedicated domain name with a ".gn" or ".com" extension for the activity.

Guinea lacks a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that applies to online transactions.

Guinea has not appended the World Trade Organization (WTO) Telecom Reference Paper to its schedule of commitments.

According to Arts. 8 and 9 of the Law No. 2015/018/AN, the regulatory body for the postal and telecommunications sector is called the "Regulatory Authority for Posts and Telecommunications", abbreviated as ARPT. This body carries out its regulatory functions in an independent, neutral, professional, impartial, and transparent manner and has legal personality and administrative and financial autonomy.

According to Art. 28 of Part II of the Law L/2016/037/AN, the transfer of personal data is subject to prior authorisation from the personal data protection authority. Any transfer of such data is subject to strict and regular control by the authorities with regard to their purposes. The authorisation is always needed, though other conditions must also be fulfilled. A controller of personal data may only transfer such data to a third country if the state ensures a higher or equivalent level of protection of privacy, fundamental freedoms and rights of individuals with regard to the processing to which such data may be subject.