February 2025

Car assembling in Japan

By |2025-02-12T09:30:55+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Car Making and Assembling Japan. Image credit cnn.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies: Car assembling in Japan

  • Japan has one of the largest and most prominent car industries in the world
  • The country has been in the top 3 car manufacturing countries by number of cars made since the […]
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Industrial Relocation

By |2025-02-12T09:31:20+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Relocation can lead to ghost towns. Image credit weebly.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Industrial studies: Industrial Relocation

  • This is a situation where an industry which had been established in one area has to shift and locate in a new different area.
  • This may even involve trans-border location.
  • The industry has […]
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Industrial Studies: Introduction

By |2025-02-12T09:03:42+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Zimplats Plant. Image credit mg.co.za

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Industrial Studies: Introduction

  • The word industry refers to the capacity or ability to do work where some form of energy has to be used in the process.
  • Industry is also defined as economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods […]
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Multinational Companies in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:43:04+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Mining at Rio Tinto. Image credit afrespost.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: TNCs in Zimbabwe

  • Transnational corporations (TNCs) or multi-national companies (MNCs) are companies with economic operations in more than one country.
  • Some may have operation in one country but with diverse operations

Structural operations of TNCs

  • Anglo-American Corporation (AAC) is a TNC. […]
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Types of industry: Primary Industry

By |2025-02-12T09:04:09+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Farming is a primary Industry.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Types of industry: Primary Industry

  • These produce or extract raw materials from nature to be used by other economic sectors.
  • Examples include fishing, farming, forestry and mining.
  • Developing countries have traditionally been suppliers of raw materials to advanced countries.
  • This is one […]
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The Effects of TNC in Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:43:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Nestle Zimbabwe and the minister of education. Image credit nestle-ea.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: The Effects of TNC in Zimbabwe

  • TNC activities have both positive and negative effects to the economies and people of the host countries in which they operate.

The character and distribution of industry in Zimbabwe

  • The […]
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Types of industry: Secondary Industry

By |2025-02-12T09:04:29+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Workers at a sawmill. Image credit blogspot.com

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Industrial Studies: Introduction

  • These are also known as processing and manufacturing industries.
  • In these industries, the production processes are undertaken in a unit called the factory.
  • It is important to distinguish between processing and manufacturing.
  • Processing involves the initial removal of […]
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The role of service industries

By |2025-02-12T09:45:06+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Banks provide essential services.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: The role of service industries

  • A service industry is an industry which provides back-up to other sectors of the economy such as primary and secondary industries as well as to the people or labour force for them to function well.
  • They are […]
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Types of industry:Tertiary/Service Industry and Quaternary Industries

By |2025-02-12T09:04:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Rainbow Towers Hotel Harare.

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes:Industrial Studies: Types of industry:Tertiary/Service Industry and Quaternary Industries

Tertiary or service industries

  • These industries provide back-up services to primary and secondary industries so that their functioning becomes easier.
  • Examples include administration, retailing, transport and distribution, power supplies, health, education and housing.
  • These industries […]
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Tourism Industry in Zimbabwe

By |2025-02-12T09:45:57+02:00February 12th, 2025|Notes, O Level Geography, Ordinary Level Notes|

Troutbeck in Nyanga. Image credit hotel-r.net

ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Tourism Industry in Zimbabwe

  • Tourism has been the world’s fastest growing industry due to a number of factors.
  • This growth has been taking place in both developed and developing countries although growth rates have been varying between countries.
  • The greatest […]
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