According to Bloomberg, data imagery from satelittes and big data can help understand the changes to the global economy. 

Zimbabwe’s economy has absorbed a series of crushing shocks over the past two decades, from land reform and hyperinflation in the 2000s to electricity shortages and a currency crisis in more recent years.

According to ZD Net, businesses are collecting data but they aren’t turning it into anything useful. 

Businesses might be collecting more data than ever before but many firms still don't know what to do with it.

Consumers are inundated every day with ads for products and services. The number of options is exhausting. What makes consumers stop and pay attention?