Lesson 4 of 4 ยท Grade 8 Social Studies
Industries and development
12 min
An industry is an economic activity that produces goods or services.
Types
- Primary: extracting raw materials (farming, fishing, mining, forestry).
- Secondary: processing raw materials into goods (tea factories, sugar milling, cement making at Athi River, oil refining).
- Tertiary: services (banking, transport, tourism, education, ICT).
- Jua kali: small-scale informal industries such as metal work and furniture making.
Importance
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