Art. 13 of Presidential Legislative Decree No. 10/19, also known as the Customs Tariffs Law, specifies that goods for personal use sent through the post office, courier, or express cargo operators are exempt from the dispatch procedure and payment of customs duties as long as they cumulatively are below the limit per traveller's remittance, set at 2,640 Fiscal Correction Unit (UCF), the equivalent of 232,320 kwanzas (approximately USD 200). More recently, Art. 15 of Law No. 31/21 introduced changes to the Custom Tariffs Law, raising the threshold for personal goods to 1,000,000 kwanzas (approximately USD 1,200), which is above the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

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

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

Law No. 22/11 provides a comprehensive regime of data protection in Angola. This law governs the dispositions of privacy and data protection previewed in the Constitution of the Republic of Angola.

Art. 23 of Law No. 07/2017 mandates that telecommunications operators store traffic and location data for at least one year for the "investigation, detection and repression of crimes". For the purposes of Art. 23, according to Arts. 24-31, the following data must be kept:
- Data necessary to find and identify the source of a communication;
- Data necessary to find and identify the destination of a communication;
- Data necessary to identify the date, time and duration of a communication;
- Data needed to identify the type of communication;
- Data necessary to identify users' telecommunications equipment or what is considered to be their equipment;
- Data necessary to identify the location of the mobile communication equipment;
- Data necessary to identify the location of an IP protocol address.
Art. 32 further provides that the telecom operators must retain data also when communications are not initiated or terminated on the national territory.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability for copyright infringement is absent in Angola's law and jurisprudence.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability beyond copyright infringement is absent in Angola's law and jurisprudence.

It is reported that SIM card registration is mandatory. SIM cards must be registered directly with INACOM (Angolan National Regulatory Institute for Communications), the ICT regulator that operates under government oversight. The process requires an identity card or driver’s license and tax card for national citizens, or a passport with a valid visa for visitors.

Law No. 26/21, amending Law No. 1/07 on Commercial Activities, maintained the licensing requirements and procedures for importers that were in place in the previous regime. Importers must be registered with the Ministry of Industry and Trade for the category of product they are importing. Moreover, importers of goods exceeding USD 5,000 must obtain an import license. The process of importing goods into Angola is reported to be time-consuming and highly bureaucratic. The import procedures require an estimated USD 460 and 96 hours for import document compliance.

Law No. 26/21, amending Law No. 1/07 on Commercial Activities, maintained the licensing requirements and procedures for importers that were in place in the previous regime. Exporters of goods exceeding USD 5,000 must obtain an export license.

It is reported that the homologation process for electronic products does not require local labouratory testing or contact with local representatives. While certification is not explicitly required, there are reports of many products distributed in Angola with ISO and CE markings. In 2015, the Angolan government, through the Ministry of Industry, established the Angolan Institute of Accreditation (IAAC), which has recently merged with IANOQQ (Angolan Institution of standardisation and Quality) to form a new accreditation body: the INIQ (National Institute of Quality Infrastructures). Foreign entities can also provide accreditation services. The INIQ is the point of contact for Southern African Development Community Accreditation Services (SADCAS). SADCAS is a multi-economy accreditation body established under Art. 17 of the Standards and Technical Regulation on Trade to the SADC Protocol on Trade. Its primary purpose is to ensure that conformity assessment service providers, such as calibration/testing/medical labouratories, certification, and inspection bodies, operating in SADC member states that do not have national accreditation bodies, are subject to oversight by an authoritative body.  

According to Presidential Decree No. 78/23 - Privatization Program (PROPRIV 2023-2026), the Angolan Government participates in several telecom companies operating in the country. Angola Telecom EP, a fully state-owned company, manages the country's basic infrastructure. The largest mobile operator in Angola, UNITEL SARL, was initially incorporated as a public-private joint venture, and it is currently fully controlled by the government, 50% directly and 50% indirectly through the state-owned company Sonangol. Furthermore, the Angolan Government owns 90% of the shares of Multitel, Lda., an internet service provider, and 49.3% of TV Cabo Angola. Moreover, MS Telcom, the third telecommunication company in Angola, is indirectly controlled by the Government through Sonangol.

Angola does not mandate functional or accounting separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. Yet, Art. 3 of Law No. 23/11 on Electronic Communications and Information Society Services (Lei N. 23/11 Lei de Comunicações Electrónicas e dos Serviços da Sociedade de Informação) defines the concept of SMP.

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

Angola has a telecommunications authority: INACOM - Instituto Angolano das Comunicações. However, it is reported that its decision-making process is not fully independent from the government.