According to Art. 54 of Law No. 41/20, foreign firms are only allowed to participate in bids for public contracts in Angola if they have a legal presence in Angola and one of the following specific conditions are met:
- The value of the contract must be equal to or greater than the amount specified in Annex III of the law, which is 182 million kwanzas (approx. USD 220,000) for goods and services and greater than 500 million kwanzas (approx. USD 600,000) for public works. Below these values, foreign companies can only participate in government procurements as a supplier or subcontractor to an Angolan company fulfilling a government contract;
- The contract must be for a service that is technically complex or specialized, and it must be reasonable to expect that no Angolan firm can provide the service adequately;
- The contract is for a conceptual project unless the contracting authority explicitly restricts foreign participation in the terms of reference.
Furthermore, Art. 13 determines that government suppliers must be registered in the centralized Angolan Government Databank.
The Public Procurement Law No. 41/20, in effect since January 2021, revoked Law No. 9/16 on Public Procurement in Angola but kept the previous restrictions on foreign participation.

Cabo Verde has adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

Decree-Law No. 46/2007 and Law No. 88/V/98 provide a comprehensive framework for consumer protection that also applies to online transactions.

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

Cabo Verde has adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

According to Art. 2(2)(4) and Art. 205(1)) of Decree-Law No. 39/2019, the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is 10.000 Escudos (approx. USD 100). This is below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Art. 4 of the Commercial Companies Code provides that any company that does not have its effective headquarters in Cabo Verde, but wishes to carry out its activities in the country for more than one year, must establish a permanent representation. The previous Commercial Companies Code contained the same requirement in Art. 106.

Under Art. 23.1 of Decree-Law No. 71/95, radiocommunications transmitter or transmitter-receiver equipment cannot be sold unless it has been approved by the radiocommunications supervisory authority. Yet, third-party certification from Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) that are recognised by the regulator are accepted (Art. 23.4).
In addition, it is reported that telecommunication equipment requires an import permit that has been raised against a certificate of conformity and electrical goods must be accompanied by a certificate of conformity. A Declaration of Conformity confirming that goods to be imported conform to the applied national and international standards is required for certain goods. CE marked products are accepted as conforming to the required standards.
It is also reported that the Multisectoral Regulatory Agency for the Economy (ARME) and the Regulatory Agency for Health (ERIS) are responsible for inspections and certification of products entering the market.

Arts. 39 and 40 of Law No. 56/V/98 provide that local and foreign media companies or organisations are subject to compulsory registration with the media department of the government. Art. 3 clarifies that this applies also to online media.
Pursuant to the provisions of Art. 40, the Government enacted Decree-Law No. 47/2018, which regulates the registration of media companies in general. Art. 5 of this Decree-Law states that the companies subject to registration include: periodicals, non-periodicals and digital media or companies using any type of electronic process; news companies; advertising agencies; operators of audiovisual on-demand and distribution services; organisations carrying out opinion polls and surveys; among others.
In addition, Art. 24 of Law No. 73/VII/2010 provides that public or private organisations carrying out press, publishing and news agency activities shall be subject to registration, before starting their activities. Art. 2 clarifies that this also applies to online activities.

Commercial operators, i.e. importers, exporters, wholesalers, retailers, commercial agents, marketers or traders, are subject to a licensing and registration system under Decree-Law No. 69/2005 of 31 October (Arts. 19(1), 21(1) and 22(1)) and Decree-Law No. 30/2009 of 17 August (Art. 5). Commercial operators register with the Department responsible for commerce at the Conservatory of Commercial Registry and obtain an operating permit.

In accordance with Art. 7 of Regulation No. 001/CR-ARC/2019, organisations engaged in advertising activities may not start their activities without registering with the ARC (Media Regulatory Authority). According to Art. 3, the registration shall be accompanied by the following documents:
- An application containing information about the advertising agency (name, address and contact details of the person in charge);
- A copy of the identity card of the person in charge of the advertising agency and, in the case of representation, of the legal representative;
- A current certificate of trade registration;
- In the case of a public limited company, an itemised list of the shareholders and an indication of the number of shares held by them; and
- Proof of payment from banking services.
The Advertising Code applies to any form of advertising, regardless of the medium used to disseminate it.

A basic legal framework on intermediary liability for copyright infringements is absent in Cabo Verde law and jurisprudence.

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

Art. 29(1) of Law No. 133/V/2001, as amended in 2021, provides for an assessment of the impact of the planned processing operations on the protection of personal data whenever a particular type of processing, in particular one using new technologies, is likely to involve a high risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, taking into account its nature, scope, context and purpose. Moreover, Art. 30(1) of the law requires the controller and the processor to appoint a data protection officer (DPO) and Art. 30(2) allows a group of companies to appoint a single DPO.