Editing Pointe-Noire (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Timber for export at the Port of Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo.jpg|thumb|Timber for export at the Port of Pointe-Noire]]
Pointe-Noire is the essential centre of the oil industry of the [[Republic of Congo]], one of the main oil producers in [[Central Africa]]. Congolese [[oil]] has been largely exploited by the French company [[Elf Aquitaine]] since its discovery around 1980.

Pointe-Noire is also known for its [[fishing industry]], which is often at odds with the oil development.<ref>{{cite book|title=Reconsidering informality: perspectives from urban Africa|year=2004|publisher=Nordic Africa Institute, 2004|isbn=91-7106-518-0|pages=235|author=Tati, Gabriel|chapter=Sharing Public Space in Pointe-Noire, Congo-Brazzaville: Immigrant Fishermen and a Multinational Oil Company|editor=Hansen, Karen Tranberg}}</ref> Local waters are reportedly getting overfished.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Pictures: The rise of shark fishing off the Congolese coast |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/11/22/in-pictures-sharks-and-artisanal-fishermen-struggle-to-survive |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}</ref>

Formerly, Pointe-Noire was home to a [[potash]] exploitation which led to the construction of a [[wharf]], currently closed to the public.