According to Art. 15 and 16 of the Law on Electronic Communications, the supply of telecommunications services in Niger is subjected to a licence, which requires commercial presence. In fact, according to Arts. 1 and 15, cross-border supply is prohibited. According to Art. 17, the licensing scheme is restrictive because it is open to public competition only when requested by the Minister in charge of electronic communications.

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

Art. 1 of Law No. 2018-47 states that the Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et de la Poste (Electronic Communications and Post Regulatory Authority, ARCEP), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process and enjoys financial and management autonomy.

According to Arts. 62 and 63 of Law No. 2022-059, transfer of personal data outside the country is subject to authorisation from the Haute Autorité de Protection des Données Personnelles (HAPDP or High Authority of Personal Data Protection). Apart from the condition of authorisation from the HAPDP, there are other conditions to be fulfilled, including that transfer can only be conducted to a country that guarantees a sufficient level of security or, if that condition is not met, that some conditions are fulfilled such as the authorisation by the owner of the data, the necessity of the transfer for health or juridical procedure, among others.
This law repealed Law No. 2017-28, Art. 24, which provided that a cross-border transfer was also subject to authorisation by the data protection authority.

Niger has not joined any agreement with binding commitments to open transfers of data across borders.

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.

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

Art. 15 of Decree No. 2022-743/PR/P states that all candidates for contracts, regardless of the award procedure, must provide evidence of their legal, technical, economic, financial, social and environmental capacity in their tender documents. The social capacity is defined by Art. 19 as the proof of a commitment to recruit Nigerien or nationals from the West African Economic and Monetary Union or proof that 40% of the contract has been subcontracted to SMEs owned by Nigerien youth or women.

According to Art. 112 of Decree No. 2022-743/PR/P when awarding a contract, preference up to 15% of the amount of the tender may be given to:
- A tender submitted by a national or Community enterprise;
- Any supplier that offers products of national origin or from the West African Economic and Monetary Union;
- Any supplier that undertakes to subcontract part of the contract to national undertakings.
If there is no provision for preference in the tender documents, preference will not be applicable.
Beyond this 15% preference, an additional preference of 5% is granted to craftsmen and artisans legally established in the territory of the West African Economic and Monetary Union.
Finally, the contracting authority may include in their preliminary procurement plans a percentage of the contract to be awarded to small and medium-sized national enterprises in accordance with the procurement and award procedures set out in the Decree, provided that the contract is financed from their own resources.

Niger is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), nor does it have observer status.

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

According to Art. 10 of the Commercial Code, legal entities in Nicaragua (including entities with foreign national shareholders) must have a legal representative who must be either a Nicaraguan national or a foreign national residing in Nicaragua. In addition, according to Art. 9 of the Foreign Agents Law, foreign agents are required to register with the Nicaraguan Government and file reports on all funds and donations received from foreign entities and how they are used.
The law defines “foreign agents” as any person who performs or works as an agent, representative, employee, service provider or any other activity subject to the orders, requirements, instruction, direction, supervision, or control from a foreign entity or from an individual or legal entity whose activities are, directly or indirectly, supervised, directed, controlled, financed or subsidised, in whole or in part, by foreign individuals, Governments, capital, businesses or funds, directly or through a third party, be it an individual or legal entities. It is reported that legal experts have expressed concern that the law is written so broadly that the government could apply it to any entity.

The law Consumer and Users' Rights Protection Law and its regulation provide a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that also applies to online transactions.