Autochthons and many other people who have lived in Kumba generally refer to this town as ‘K town’. This town has a population of over 400 000 inhabitants and is generally regarded as the economic capital of the south west province. It is an area that has a dynamic business sector; highly favored by the influx of uncontrolled and most often fake goods from Nigeria. For long, Kumba was popular for armed robbery, high crime wave and counterfeiters. Today, the situation is being put under control by an active police force. Several youths are today involved in hacking and scamming on the internet; passing under false identities and claiming to be selling inexistent goods on the internet.
K town today has a very active urban council that is doing much to ameliorate on its road network which for long has been muddy during the rainy season and very dusty during the dry season. The town has very good prospects of development towards a very organized township thanks to a very good urban plan that was put in place long before the growth of the town. Interurban road network to and from this town is also being improved upon thanks to efforts by the government over recent years.