Arts. 2 and 3 of Law 2020-331 require proof of user identity before acquiring a SIM card and before any delivery by telecommunications companies.

On the one hand, Arts. 3 and 11 of the Law No. 2019-03 state that there is no general obligation to monitor content without prejudice to any surveillance activity requested by the Nigerien judicial authorities where this is necessary to safeguard public safety, defence, security, the repression of crimes against humanity, incitement to violence and ethnic or religious hatred, as well as pornography, in particular, child pornography, terrorism and money laundering and for the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of criminal offences. On the other hand, Arts. 2 and 11 of the Law state that there is an exception which applies to the Law on Cybercrime. In fact, service providers must monitor the presence of any illegal act under the Law on Cybercrime committed using a computer system. This article also defines service providers as "any public or private entity which offers users of its services to communicate by means of a computer system or any other entity that processes or stores computer data for this communication or its users".

Niger does not have a comprehensive framework in place that provides effective protection of trade secrets, but there are limited measures addressing some issues related to them. Provisions addressing disclosure, acquisition or use of confidential information in the course of industrial or commercial activities by third parties can be found in Art. 6 of Annex VIII of the Bangui Agreement ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Niger, in 2002.

According to Arts. 3 and 4 of the Decree 2012-527/PRN/MC/NTI, passive infrastructure sharing in the telecom sector is an obligation. When telecom operators plan to deploy their telecommunications networks or services to the public, they must prioritise any solution that involves the sharing of existing infrastructure.

Niger Telecoms is a fully state-owned telecommunications company created in 2016 by the merger of the two Nigerien state telecommunications companies, Sonitel (voice and internet via fixed telephony) and Sahelcom (voice and internet via mobile telephony).

It is reported that Niger mandates functional and accounting separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market.

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.

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.

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.

According to the Bangui Agreement, ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Niger, applicants resident outside the territory of the Member States must file through an agent selected in one of those Member States (Section III, Art. 8). The professional status of agent accredited to the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) is governed by the Regulations on the Profession of Authorised Agent before the OAPI.

Niger is a party to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).

Niger has a copyright regime under the Ordinance No. 2010-95. However, the exceptions do not follow the fair use or fair dealing model, therefore limiting the lawful use of copyrighted work by others. Arts. 10-27 list the exceptions, which include free reproduction for private use, free use for teaching and scientific research, free reproduction for judicial and administrative purposes, and free use for information purposes, among others.
In addition, the Revised Bangui Agreement is a regional intellectual property law that is not only a regional convention applicable in all member states but also serves as a national intellectual property law in Niger and each of the other member states. The Revised Bangui Agreement contains provisions on copyright in Annex VII: Chapter IV (Limitations to Economic Rights) and establishes a regime of copyright exceptions. Nevertheless, these exceptions similarly do not conform to the fair use or fair dealing models.

Niger has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty