According to Art. 5 of Decree No. 2018-1199, e-retailers must get a professional trader card. To obtain it, they must register in the trade register and have a unique financial identification number (IFU), in addition to providing a copy of an ID card, an application form, a copy of company status, two tax stamps, and a certificate of tax status.

Burkina Faso does not implement any de minimis threshold, which is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties. However, it is reported that there is an informal threshold of USD 100.

It is reported that the registrant for a local domain name ".bf" must be an entity based in the country. Only one domain name is allowed per applicant, and the registration is subject to an annual fee of USD 450. However, these restrictions are not found in Law No. 011-2010/AN on domain name management under the first-level domain.BF (Loi No. 011-2010/AN portant reglementation de la gestion des noms de domaines sous le domaine de premier niveau .BF).

According to Art. 5 of Decree No. 2018-1199, e-retailers must get a professional trader card. To obtain it, they must register in the trade register and have a unique financial identification number (IFU).

Art. 15 of Law No. 80-2015/CNT specifies that practising the advertising profession requires registration in the trade register and a unique financial identification number (IFU).

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

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

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

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

Telecom companies need to submit their equipment for testing to the regulator or its delegated entity. Under Art. 130 of Law No. 061-2008/AN, no radio equipment used for the transmission, reception or transmission and reception of signals and correspondence may be manufactured, imported or marketed for use in Burkina Faso unless it has been approved by the Regulatory Authority. To this end, the Authority may carry out any verification to ensure that the equipment complies with the regulations in force. Equipment includes hardware and software used to provide electronic communications services.

Law No. 45-2009/AN establishes a safe harbour regime for intermediaries beyond copyright infringements. According to Art. 134, intermediaries are not responsible for information transmitted if they do not initiate the transmission or select the recipient of the transmission and do not select or modify the information transmitted.

According to Art. 40 of Law No. 61-2008/AN, purchasers of SIM cards must register their names and national identity numbers with telecommunications operators.

On 25 April 2024, the Superior Council of Communication (CSC), Burkina Faso’s media regulatory authority, reportedly instructed internet service providers to block access to the websites of BBC Africa and Voice of America. On 27 April, these restrictions were expanded to include TV5Monde’s news site, the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle, the British newspaper The Guardian, the French newspapers Ouest-France and Le Monde, as well as the news agencies Agence de Presse Africaine and Ecofin.

It has been reported that the government intermittently restricted domestic internet access throughout 2022 and 2024, invoking Art. 45 of Law No. 061-2008/AN on the General Regulation of Electronic Communications Networks and Services, promulgated in November 2008. According to Art. 45 of the law, telecom operators are mandated to implement all necessary measures to fulfil defence and security requirements.
These internet shutdowns are further corroborated by data from the V-Dem Dataset. The indicator "7.2.4 - Government Internet shut down in practice" of the V-Dem Dataset, which measures whether the government has the technical capacity to actively make internet service cease, thus interrupting domestic access to the internet or whether the government has decided to do so, has a score of 2 in Burkina Faso for the year 2024. This corresponds to "The government shut down domestic access to the Internet several times this year."

According to Art. 19 of the Code of Advertising, any foreign consultancy wishing to operate in Burkina Faso and any medium to be disseminated or distributed in Burkina Faso must, subject to reciprocity, use the services of a Burkina Faso advertising agency.
In addition, Art. 16 of Law No. 80-2015/CNT stipulates that in the field of advertising, any consulting agency governed by foreign law wishing to operate in Burkina Faso, as well as any medium to be broadcasted or distributed on Burkina Faso territory, must use the services of an advertising agency governed by Burkina Faso law, subject to reciprocity.