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Dear alumni
A new edition of Exchange to change … we hope you like it! As usual the Exchange team has provided a selection of
both alumni news and stories as well as pressing development issues from around the world.
In this edition, first, you get a glimpse of what has been going on @ IOB. Reading about the 2018 student trip to Paris
will make you relive yours… Many of you have been able to attend one of the several alumni events that IOB has
been organizing, but those who haven’t can read about fellow classmates’ involvement in them. One of these days an
alumni event is bound to be organised near you!
In the alumni applause, you can read about Janvier Kilosho’s literally groundbreaking PhD research on mining in DRC
or about the eye-opening documentary made by several IOB alumni and former staff on ‘mercy killings’ in Uganda.
Our news story ponders as to whether a new wind is blowing over South Africa and Zimbabwe or whether it will just
be old wine in new bottles.
Last but not least, the exchange team tackled the omnipresent question on whether it is possible to give all human
beings what they need, while at the same time preserving the planet they live on and its resources. We contacted
IOB alumni with expertise in this area; Dr Susan Sekirime from the African Wildlife Authority, and Francis Mbunya
Nkemnyi, about to defend his IOB PhD dissertation on an adjacent topic, share their insights on the matter.
Finally, have a browse through the opportunities and events sections, as we would like to welcome you (again) at one
of our IOB events.
Happy reading!
The Exchange to change team
E xchange to change J une 2018