Crafts in the commune of Pouytenga are characterised by the diversity of the activities carried out and the low level of qualification of the majority of the players.

The service craft, which is poorly represented because of its diversity, includes hairdressing, butchery, driving, maintenance and repair of vehicles and machinery, small-scale sales of handicrafts, and photography.

The craftsmanship of art is varied in all the localities of the municipality; it is mainly represented by professionals in leather, woodworking, natural resource processing and recovery, decoration.

It is an agriculture characterised by the use of equipment which is still inefficient even if it is noted that the use of the plough, especially mule-pulled, cattle and tractors, is becoming increasingly in the habits of producers and is threatened by the strong pressure on land.

[6] Market gardening is an activity that is practised in the commune of Pouytenga, especially in villages such as Kourit-Yaoghin, Zaongo, Gorkassinghin, Zoré and Leamtenga.

[6] On the whole, the main vegetable crops grown in the commune are experiencing a general upward trend in the areas sown.

[6] There is the beginning of an intensive rearing of poultry which has demonstrated effective following the diversification of animal production in the municipality.

[6] Trade is practised by the majority of the population of the commune (about 80%) and the town itself is renowned for this commercial city function at the national level.

Traders, like the configuration of the population are of various origins (national and foreign countries such as Ghana, Togo, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, etc.).

There is a fairly diversified trade, which involves the exchange of products of all kinds, where manufactured goods occupy an important place.