Section 27 of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Act lists the enterprises which are reserved for citizens. These include the printing of recharge scratch cards for the use of subscribers of telecommunication services.

Ghana is reported to impose restrictions on foreign participation in the acquisition of 800 MHz spectrum licences for mobile telecommunications services, requiring engagement through a joint venture or consortium with a minimum of 25% Ghanaian ownership. In contrast, between 2016 and 2018, the minimum requirement for indigenous Ghanaian ownership was reported to be 35%.

Ghana is reported to impose restrictions on foreign participation in the acquisition of 800 MHz spectrum licences for mobile telecommunications services, requiring engagement through a joint venture or consortium with a minimum of 25% Ghanaian ownership. In contrast, between 2016 and 2018, the minimum requirement for indigenous Ghanaian ownership was reported to be 35%.

All companies in which there is foreign participation are required to register with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC). However, the process appears to be transparent and requires only a few days.
On the other hand, Section 28 of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre Act states that, for the sectors open to foreign investment, an entity requires a certain minimum investment capital. In particular:
- For businesses wholly owned by a non-Ghanaian, the minimum relevant investment amount of foreign equity capital of USD 500,000 in either cash or capital goods;
- For a joint enterprise with a partner who is a citizen, the minimum foreign capital investment should be USD 200,000 in cash or capital goods relevant to the investment or a combination of both by way of equity participation. In addition, the partner who is a citizen should not have less than 10% equity participation in the joint enterprise.

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

According to Section 45.1 of the Ghana Procurement Act, international competitive tendering is required effective competition cannot be achieved in national competitive tendering without the participation of foreign firms. In addition, according to the Fifth Schedule of the Act, international competitive bidding must be used for the procurement of goods with a contract value threshold above GHS 10 million (approx 625,000 USD) and for technical services with a contract value threshold above GHS 5 million (approx. 300,000 USD). There are no value thresholds for other types of tendering methods, such as restricted and sole-source tendering, or for technical and consultancy services; however, their use is subject to approval by the Public Procurement Authority.

The Public Procurement Act seeks to increase the competitiveness of domestic businesses by the application of a margin of preference. In accordance with Section 60.3, the Public Procurement Board is required to issue guidelines for implementing margins of preference for domestic contractors and suppliers of goods, works and services. The Guidelines that apply to current tenders open to international competitive bidding give a margin of price preference of 7.5% to 20% to domestic suppliers of goods and services.

According to the DENIC terms of service, §3 (4), ".de" domain holders not domiciled in Germany shall name an authorised representative domiciled in Germany within two weeks of a corresponding request by DENIC.

According to Art. 92 of the Interstate Media Agreement, providers of media intermediaries must designate an authorised recipient in Germany. Furthermore, according to Art. 115 of the law, a broadcaster also commits an administrative offence if it, as the provider of a media intermediary, does not designate an authorised recipient in Germany.

Under Section 5 of Act to Improve Law Enforcement in Social Networks (NetzDG), providers of social networks for which no other Member State is the country of establishment or is considered to be the country of establishment pursuant to Section 2 of the Digital Services Act must appoint an authorised representative in Germany and draw attention to this representative on their platform in an easily recognisable and directly accessible manner.

The Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU provides an updated framework aimed at encouraging online sales. The Directive has been implemented by the "Law to Adapt the Formal Requirements of Private Law to Modern Legal Transactions."

Germany has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

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