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

Angola has a telecommunications authority: INACOM - Instituto Angolano das Comunicações. However, it is reported that its decision-making process is not fully independent from the government.

Art. 24 of the Data Protection Act states that the interconnection of data may only be carried out with the authorisation of the Agência de Protecção de Dados (APD, Data Protection Agency) unless otherwise provided by law. Interconnection of data is defined as a form of processing of personal data consisting of the possibility of linking the data in one file with the data in other file(s) kept by another controller or by the same controller for other purposes. The APD only authorises such interconnection if it is appropriate for the pursuit of the lawful purposes of data processing. As a result, this requirement likely affects cross-border transfers.

Under Section VI of Law No. 22/11, a conditional flow regime is established for the transfer of personal data outside Angola. This means that international data transfer can only proceed if certain conditions are met. The law outlines two main scenarios for international data transfer:
- If the country the data is being transferred to can guarantee an adequate level of protection of personal data, then a notification to the Agência de Protecção de Dados (APD, Data Protection Agency) is sufficient to proceed with the transfer, as per Art. 33;
- If the country does not provide adequate protection of personal data, then the data controller must obtain authorisation from the APD before proceeding with the transfer, as per Art. 34.
However, the APD has not issued any decision declaring countries adequate, and as a result, the authorisation remains currently the only means for transfer.

Angola has not joined any agreement with binding commitments to open transfers of data across borders.

Art. 5 of Law No. 3/92 states that patent applications must be written in the Portuguese language and that foreign applicants must appoint a legal local representative.

Angola reportedly faces practical and legal obstacles in the patent application process, including high direct and indirect patent filing costs and delays in the processing of patent applications.

Chapter 2 of the Law No. 3/92 covers the mechanism of patent protection. Arts. 5 and 67 show that foreign patent owners need a local representative to defend patent rights. Additionally, there have been reports on procedural complexities, such as the intricate and time-consuming judicial processes in Angola, which could pose challenges for foreign patent holders. Furthermore, it is reported the shortage of judges proficient in patent law further exacerbates these barriers, impacting the efficient adjudication of patent-related disputes.

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

Angola has a copyright regime under Law No. 15/14. However, the exceptions do not follow the fair use or fair dealing model, therefore limiting the lawful use of copyrighted work by others. Section V lists the exceptions, which include research or private study by the person using the work; use in a private place in which entry is not paid and non-profit; review or news reporting; reproduction by photographic or similar processes, when carried out for didactic purposes by public or private libraries, centres or documentation files of general interest or public, institutions with a scientific or technological vocation, educational establishment; reproduction of works, permanently exposed to the public through images, reports; educational use; reproduction of arrangement or translation exclusively for individual and private use; quotations from copyright work and critics; speeches and lectures in front of the media; performance of the hymn, as well as works of a religious character.

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

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. Below this value, 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 specialised, 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 centralised 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.

Under Art. 53 of Law No. 41/20, the contracting authority is required to include in tender documents specific rules that promote the preferential contracting of Angolan companies - including micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). These rules include provisions such as preferential access to the negotiation phase, a margin of preference up to 10%, an increase in the overall score awarded to the proposals of Angolan companies, a higher score for goods produced, extracted, or cultivated in Angola, a requirement that a percentage of the subcontracted work be reserved for Angolan companies, and preferential treatment for domestic suppliers to limit foreign participation in public procurement.
Furthermore, according to Art. 4 of the Joint Executive Decree No. 157/14, large companies executing public contracts must outsource to Angolan MSMEs at least 10% of the value of services contracts and 25% of the value of works contracts.
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.

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