There is no obligation for passive infrastructure sharing in Cabo Verde to deliver telecom services to end users, and it is not practiced in the mobile sector and in the fixed sector based on commercial agreements.

Cabo Verde has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty.

Cabo Verde has ratified the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

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

Cabo Verde has a copyright regime under Decree-Law No. 1/2009. However, the exceptions do not follow the fair use or fair dealing model, therefore limiting the lawful use of copyrighted work by others. Art. 62 lists the exceptions, which include for the purposes of research or private study by the person using the work; use in a private event that is not for profit, and for which entry is not charged; for review or news reporting; reproduction by photographic or similar processes, when carried out for didactic purposes by public or private libraries or centres; in documentation files of general interest or public institutions with a scientific or technological vocation; or by educational establishments; reproduction of works, permanently exposed to the public through images or reports for educational use; reproduction of an arrangement or translation exclusively for individual and private use; quotations from copyright works and critics; speeches and lectures before the media; performance of hymns, as well as works of a religious character; private reproduction of an arrangement or translation exclusively for an individual; among others.

It is reported that an approval process serves as a screening mechanism for inbound foreign investment. The process begins with submission of a formal expression of interest to investment promotion agency Cabo Verde TradeInvest in accordance with the Investment Law. Relevant government entities (depending on the sector and of the nature of the investment) then conduct an integrated review of the investment project and provide an opinion. If the opinion is favorable, Cabo Verde TradeInvest, in coordination with relevant agencies, approves the project and issues an investor certificate no later than 45 days from the submission of interest.

Art. 226 of the Legislative Decree approving the Intellectual Property Code provides that the applicant must appoint a representative in Cabo Verde in the case of patent applications filed by interested parties (natural or legal persons) who are not domiciled or established in Cabo Verde. However, the interested party or the holder of the right, whether natural or legal, domiciled or resident in Cabo Verde, is free to present his applications for industrial property titles in person or to have them presented by a recognised lawyer (Art. 225(1)).

Cabo Verde is not a party to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), nor does it have observer status.

Art. 99.4 of the Public Procurement Code provides that factors may be foreseen that grant greater weight to bids submitting goods produced, extracted or farmed in Cabo Verde, or relating to services provided or supplies made by entities of Cabo-Verdean nationality or with registered offices in Cabo-Verdean territory. Moreover, Art. 13 states that in the contract formation procedure, all factors contributing to the promotion of national economic development, production development, procurement, industry and services of Cabo Verde, as well as compliance with national social policies, shall be considered.

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

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

Guyana has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications.

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

The Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 2023 is the Guyanan framework for the facilitation and regulation of secure electronic communications transactions and receipt, payment, and transfer of money and for their legal recognition to promote the development of the legal and business infrastructure necessary to implement secure electronic commerce. According to Art. 44 of the law (entitled titled Consumer Protection), e-commerce providers are required to (i) provide sufficient information for service of legal process; (ii) give consumers enough information to make an informed decision about the proposed transaction and to maintain an adequate record of the information; (iii) provide enough data for record keeping i.e., receipts; and (iv) empowers the Minister to make regulations relating to the sale of goods or services for e-commerce using e-transactions.