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Data Talks is a conversation series released every two weeks that proves data isn’t just for analysts, it’s the common language behind sporting triumphs, market breakthroughs, and social progress. Economist and storyteller Wolfgang Fengler sits down with world-class athletes, leading economists, founders, policymakers, and creative thinkers to unpack the numbers shaping their fields. Together, they translate charts into clear takeaways, challenge assumptions with evidence, and show how good data can turn bold ideas into practical action.
Wolfgang Fengler hosts Data Talks, a business show with 16 episodes published.
Join Data Talks Payments Are About People: Innovation from the Digital South What does a journalist turned payments executive see that others miss? In this episode, Wolfgang Fengler sits down with Estelita Haas, Head of
Join Data Talks Can data predict the next big consumer trend? In this episode of Data Talks, Wolfgang Fengler speaks with Yarden Horwitz, Co-Founder of Spate, about the science of spotting trends before they go mainstrea
Join Data Talks In this episode of Data Talks, Wolfgang Fengler sits down with former IFC CEO and World Bank leader Philippe Le Houérou for a deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation on data, development, ideology,
Join Data Talks In this episode of Data Talks, Wolfgang Fengler speaks with Ram Raghavan, senior leader at Colgate-Palmolive, about what it takes to build a globally trusted brand with purpose at its core. With nearly th
Join Data Talks In this episode of Data Talks, Wolfgang Fengler sits down with Indermit Gill , Chief Economist of the World Bank, for a wide-ranging conversation on the forces reshaping the global economy. From the middl
Join Data Talks In this episode of Data Talks , World Data Lab CEO Wolfgang Fengler speaks with co-founder and global middle class expert Homi Kharas about new research that challenges one of the most widely discussed na
Join Data Talks Building Digital Africa with Bitange Ndemo In this episode of Data Talks, Wolfgang Fengler speaks with Professor Bitange Ndemo, Kenya’s Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union, former Permanent Secre
Join Data Talks In this episode of Data Talks , Wolfgang speaks with Kirti Singh , Chief Insights Officer at Procter & Gamble, about what it truly means to be consumer-first in a company that serves more than 5.5 billion
Join Data Talks How Data Changed the Climate Conversation Host: Wolfgang Fengler Guest: Sir Andrew Steer KCMG, PhD How did climate and nature move from the sidelines to the center of global economic decision-making—and w
Join Data Talks In this episode of Data Talks , we’re joined by Benedikt Höwedes, World Cup winner with Germany, former long-time captain of FC Schalke 04, and a leader shaped by elite football environments. Benedikt ref
Join Data Talks This episode of our podcast brings together Wolfgang Fengler and Shamina Singh for a powerful conversation on inclusion, data, and the rapidly changing digital-to-AI economy. Shamina shares the origin sto
Join Data Talks Data Talks: Measuring Peace with Steve Killelea In this episode of Data Talks, World Data Lab CEO Wolfgang Fengler speaks with Steve Killelea, respected entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of the Gl
Join Data Talks In this episode of Data Talks, Wolfgang Fengler sits down with Michael Joseph , the legendary CEO who built Safaricom into one of Africa’s most successful companies and helped pioneer mobile money and dig
Join Data Talks Host Wolfgang Fengler speaks with Jesús Crespo Cuaresma , Head of the Department of Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and a long-time collaborator of World Data Lab (WDL) . They
Join Data Talks In this episode of Data Talks, Wolfgang Fengler speaks with Marta Bowles , Chief Communications Officer at NIQ , about how high-quality data, and the AI built on top of it, is reshaping decisions for bran
Join Data Talks In this special edition of Data Talks, Wolfgang Fengler sits down with his long-time friend and World Data Lab co-founder, Homi Kharas. Homi reflects on his 26 years at the World Bank, his role in shaping
Join Data Talks L’Oréal’s Chief Marketing & Digital Officer Asmita Dubey joins Wolfgang Fengler on Data Talks to unpack the “math & magic” of modern marketing, blending creativity and technology, the rise of beauty tech,
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Data Talks is hosted by Wolfgang Fengler. The show is categorised under business (science) and has published 16 episodes.
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