Cameroon has not signed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty.

Cameroon lacks a comprehensive framework in place that provides effective protection of trade secrets, but there are provisions addressing disclosure, acquisition or use of confidential information in the course of industrial or commercial activities by third parties in Art. 6 of Annex VIII of the Bangui Agreement ratified by 17 French-speaking States, including Cameroon since 2002.

It is reported that there is an obligation for passive infrastructure sharing in Cameroon to deliver telecom services to end users. Moreover, passive infrastructure sharing is practised in the mobile and fixed sectors based on commercial agreements.

The incumbent telecom provider, CAMTEL, is a fully state-owned enterprise.

It is reported that Cameroon does not mandate functional separation for operators with significant market power (SMP) in the telecom market. However, there has been an obligation of accounting separation since 2015.

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.

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

Decree-Law No. 46/2007 and Law No. 88/V/98 provide a comprehensive consumer protection framework that 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.

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.