February 2025

Geothermal power: Locational factors

By |2025-02-12T09:35:41+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

A geothermal station in Iceland. Image credit ucsusa.org

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy: Geothermal power locational factors

  • Geothermal power can only be generated in areas of active volcanicity.
  • These areas are known as geothermal hotspots.
  • These are zones where volcanic activity underground makes rocks hot and these rocks […]
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Possible measures to solve the energy crisis in Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T08:58:00+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Cahora Bassa Dama Mozambique.Image credit zambezitraveller.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Natural Resources: Energy:The energy crisis in Zimbabwe:Measures

Measures have been put in place to try to resolve the energy crisis in Zimbabwe. These include:

  • Imports of electricity from countries overproducing it for example from South Africa through the Insukamini interconnector near […]
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Adolf Hitler: Early Political Career

By |2025-02-12T09:03:24+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

Young Hitler posing with other German soldiers

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: Dictatorship in Europe: Dictatorship in Germany: Political Career

  • After the war, Hitler went into politics
  • He joined the Germany Workers’ Party in 1919 and was made a committee member
  • The name of the party was the National Socialists which […]
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Principal Branches of Biology

By |2025-02-12T09:24:49+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Biology Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

A fish pond teeming with biological specimen. Image credit bigrockponds.com

ZIMSEC O Level Biology Notes:Principal Branches of Biology

  • The division and different branches of science are constantly spreading with the increase of knowledge in science.
  • The two main branches of science are Physical science and Biological Science.
  • Physical Science is also called […]
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Successes of the New Deal

By |2025-02-12T08:58:37+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level History Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

The New Deal reduced unemployment

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: The United States of America (USA) 1920-1939:Successes of the New Deal

  • It prevented a possible revolution as people had founded hope in the new government
  • It restored democracy in the USA as other countries turned to authoritarianism to deal with effects […]
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Employment contract

By |2025-02-12T09:22:55+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Managing Human Resources: Human Resources Management: Employment contract

  • A contract is a voluntary, deliberate, and legally binding agreement between two or more competent parties
  • An employment contract is such a contract between an employer and employee
  • When there is a successful candidate is selected he or she is offered a contract of employment

    • […]

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Market segmentation

By |2025-02-12T09:41:28+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Marketing: Market segmentation

  • this is the process of dividing/dis-aggregating the market into discrete/distinct groups(segments) of customers based on a variety of criteria
  • Here the word market refers to the total sum of all of a firm’s customers/consumers
  • The words customer and consumer after often used interchangeably in business
  • Consumer- is the end user […]
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Advantages and disadvantages of cost based pricing methods

By |2025-02-12T09:15:27+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Marketing: Advantages and disadvantages of cost based pricing methods

  • Cost based pricing models have some benefits and drawbacks

Advantages

  • It is easy to understand and calculate the price
  • These pricing models make sure that incurred costs are covered
  • They can be helpful and do simplify investment appraisal decisions for example using required rate of […]
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Cash flow introduction

By |2025-02-12T09:36:29+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Business Finance and Accounting: Cash Flow Introduction

  • Cash flow is defined as the movement of cash into and out of the business
  • Cash flowing into the business is called cash inflow
  • Conversely cash flowing out is called cash out flow
  • In accounting terms cash flow is viewed as the difference between the amount […]
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Business Studies: Break even analysis using calculations example

By |2025-02-12T09:23:32+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Business Studies Notes, Ordinary Level Notes|

ZIMSEC O Level Business Studies Notes: Business Finance and Accounting: Break even analysis using calculations example

  • In this topic we will make Break Even related calculations using formula
  • This approach can be used in conjunction or instead of the graphical method
  • To aid the discussion we will use the example below from a past examination paper:

Shona runs a […]

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