[1] One of his tasks was to arrange for the purchase and transport of dried fish and maize to Mpika to supply the construction workers.

[2] By 1939, his letters to and from home travelled by air – from "Scarlet runner" to airmail in only nine years which indicated the rapid pace of change in Central Africa at this time.

[citation needed] Mpika town offers a good market with local products, 5 filling stations, GM Trading supermarket, accommodation of all standards.

Touristic Highlights of the region are Shiwa Ng'andu (colonial style manor house), Kapishya Hotsprings, Mutinondo Wilderness Camp, Nachikufu caves (rock paintings).

[citation needed] Many local schools are battling in bad infrastructure with overcrowded classrooms and teachers shortages.

[citation needed] In the 1970s the Swedish government aid agency SIDA founded ZCA (Zambia College for Agriculture).