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

It is reported that the "Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications" (ART), the executive authority for the supervision and administration of services in the telecommunications sector, is independent from the government in the decision-making process.

Cameroon has not joined any free trade agreement committing to open transfers of cross-border data flows.

Cameroon does not have a comprehensive regime in place for personal data, but it has sectoral regulations. In addition, the national Constitution, amended by Law No. 96-06 of 18 January 1996, guarantees the privacy of communications in its preamble, stating that “the privacy of all correspondence is inviolate. No interference may be allowed except by decisions emanating from the Judicial Power”. The 2010 Cybersecurity and Cybercrime law also provides for communications privacy under Art. 41. The obligation for service providers to guarantee users’ privacy and the confidentiality of information is covered under Arts. 42 and 26.

According to Art. 25, Section I of Law No. 2010/012, network operators and providers of electronic communications services are obligated to keep connection and traffic data for ten years. This is despite the sub-regional legislation of CEMAC, to which Cameroon belongs, providing for a maximum period of two years during which the States can allow operators to keep traffic data for security reasons.

According to Art. 6 of Law No. 2006/018, any advertising company must have a principal officer (i.e. the person managing the enterprise and representing the latter in all acts of civil life) who is a Cameroonian national or, failing that, show proof of having fulfilled the conditions for foreigners to engage in commercial activities in Cameroon. This also applies to online advertising.

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

Sub-section VII (of the National Preference) of the New Public Procurement Code of Decree No. 2018/366 imposes restrictions on the participation of foreign companies in public procurement. Art. 106 states that:
- When awarding a contract within the framework of international consultation, a margin of preference is granted to equivalent offers and in order of priority to the tenders presented by: a) a natural person of Cameroonian nationality or a legal person under Cameroonian law; b) a company whose capital is wholly or mainly held by persons of Cameroonian nationality; c) a natural person or a legal person justifying an economic activity on the territory of Cameroon; d) a group of companies associating Cameroonian companies;
- Tenders are considered equivalent when they have fulfilled the required technical conditions;
- For quantifiable works and services contracts, the national preference margin is 10% for the companies referred to in paragraph 1 above;
- For supply contracts, the national preference criterion can only be taken into account if the supply undergoes a transformation at the local or regional level of at least 15%;
- There is no national preference for non-quantifiable service contracts, including intellectual services;
- National preference can only be applied when the tender documents provide for it.

Art. 132 of the New Public Procurement Code of Decree No. 2018/366 stipulates in its paragraph (3) that "The services subject to subcontracting must as a priority be granted to national SMEs of which nationals hold at least 51% of the capital, and in case of insufficiency or deficiency, to SMEs and large companies of which at least 33% of the capital is held by nationals.

Cameroon is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). However, the country has been an observer of the WTO GPA since 2001.

Law No. 2002/004 sets the main legal regime for investment in Cameroon. There are no limits on foreign ownership in any specific sector.

According to Art. 13 of Law No. 2006/018, foreign operators wishing to carry out any advertising activity in the territory of Cameroon must conclude an agreement of representation to this effect with a Cameroonian operator duly approved for the advertising profession concerned. This also applies to online advertising.

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.