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Dayo Osholowu Medical Practice Group

For Immediate Release For more information contact Corporate Communications Dr Dayo Osholowu Medical Practice Group P.O Box 52259Falomo Ikoyi Lagos NIGERIA Email practice@dayoosholowu.com Phone - +2348037080031 1st January 2012 Business Editors, Sports and Health Writers

Medical Doctor selected by Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) as Emerging Nigerian Entrepreneur for 2011.
NESG selects Dr Adedayo Osholowu as one of the Emerging Nigerian Entrepreneurs for 2011.

Dr Adedayo Osholowu, the driving force behind visionary startup Dayo Osholowu Medical Practice Group was selected by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group as one of the Emerging Nigerian Entrepreneurs for 2011. Osholowu, who conceived his business idea during a postgraduate course at the University of Capetown, set up the Dayo Osholowu Medical Practice just a few months ago, following a successful career working as a Sports Physician with the leading international Sports Teams and

Dayo Osholowu Medical Practice Group organizations including the Nigerian National Team and FIFA South Africa 2010 World Cup organizing committee and Special Olympics International A string of clients have already signed up for the Medical Practice Groups Specialist Sports Medicine consultancy service which co-ordinates the implementation, development and delivery of medical services and facilities for professional clubs, National and International sports tournament organizers. The client list already includes international international Teams and tournament organizers such as Dodan Warriors Professional Basketball Team, Lagos Rugby 7 Organizers, Special Olympics Nigeria, with the prospect of more national and international sports franchises to follow. In addition, this past month the Medical practice of Dr Dayo Osholowu entered into a strategic alliance with Lagoon Hospitals Nigerias leading private Hospital Group to license and operate the Dayo Osholowu Brand of Sports Injury Clinics targeted at amateur, recreational, youth athletes and weekend warriors across Africa. Leveraging his expertise, know-how and track record from providing services to leading professional athletes across the Continent, Dr Osholowu have developed an innovative business model to fill an unmet market need. He operates and manage clinics in partnership with the leading hospital groups to reach patients requiring world class Sports injury care and exercise Advice to fit their lifestyle needs: an existing and growing market across Africa. They are also currently in talks with the leading hospital groups in Ghana and Kenya to launch the service in these markets and are actively seeking management contracts with teams and tournament organizers across the continent. With an estimated turnover of over $2 million, Dr Osholowu intends to seek a listing of the medical group on the second-tier securities market (SSM) of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) or Johannesburg Stock Exchange in June 2012 and begin construction of the Dayo Osholowu Medical Fitness and Wellness Center: a mixed use lifestyle medical mall concept in the city of Lagos Nigeria to open in June 2014. Speaking about his recognition, Dayo Osholowu said: Its fantastic to be recognized as an emerging Entrepreneur of the Year for 2011. Weve had a rollercoaster of a journey in the past 12 months launching our startup and this honour makes some of those difficult moments worth it! I have a great team around me working tirelessly to ensure that the Dayo Osholowu Medical Practice Group does something different, something better, something valuable for healthcare in Africa. I'm very proud that we are part of what I see as the large team of Nigerian people that will help Africa innovate its way out of the tough few years weve always had. This years NESG Young Entrepreneurs Forum, held at Oriental Hotel Lekki Lagos on 1 December, recognized pioneering and successful young Nigerian businesses across a range of industries, from agriculture to healthcare. The forum was hosted by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and presented a team of globally successful entrepreneurs, including Dr Issa Odidi, Co-founder and CEO of

Dayo Osholowu Medical Practice Group Toronto Stock Exchange Listed Intellipharmaceutics and Tai Dehtiar, the award-winning Canadian entrepreneur and a recipient of the Ontario Global Trade Award. Speaking to entrepreneurs at the event the Director-General, NESG, Frank Nweke (Jnr), said his organisation supports the ideas, the innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit of Dr Adedayo Osholowu and other Nigerian youths and is determined to unleash the entrepreneurial potential of young people to generate ideas, expand innovation and create jobs and wealth in communities. He said NESG has identified sources of financial support to young Nigerians who want to start their business. Dr Adedayo Osholowu is a Fellow of the 2010 Nigerian Economic Summit Group Youth Forum.

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About the Dayo Osholowu Medical Practice Corporation (DOMP Corp) In October 2011 we entered into a strategic alliance with Lagoon Hospitals Nigerias leading private Hospital Group to license and operate the Dayo Osholowu Brand of Sports Injury Clinics targeted at amateur, recreational, youth athletes and weekend warriors across Africa. Leveraging on the expertise and know-how of its founder and our track record from providing services to leading professional athletes across the Continent, we have developed an innovative business model to fill an unmet market need. We operate and manage clinics in partnership with the leading hospital groups to reach patients requiring world class Sports injury care and exercise Advice to fit their lifestyle needs: an existing and growing market across Africa. We also retain our primary business of providing independent medical services for professional teams and tournament organizers in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. We are also currently in talks with the leading hospital groups in Ghana and Kenya to launch the service in these markets and are actively seeking management contracts with teams and tournament organizers across the continent. With an estimated turnover of over N200 million, we intent to seek a listing of the companies on the second-tier securities market (SSM) of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in June 2012 and open our own Dayo

Dayo Osholowu Medical Practice Group

Osholowu Wellness Center: a mixed use lifestyle medical mall concept in the city of Lagos Nigeria in June 2014.

About Dr Adedayo Osholowu

Dr Dayo Osholowu is a Nigerian Physician, Surgeon & Entrepreneur. He has been recognized internationally by African Investor Magazine, TV Show Africa, Balancing Act, Video Age and Next Newspapers for his unusual skill, courage and vision as an Entrepreneur. He launched Africas first indigenous Pay-TV travel channel in partnership with Nigerian Pay TV Company HITV in April 2011, the channel currently has a valuation of $24 million dollars and is seeking a listing on the NYSE Euronext in 2012 as part of a Strategic venture partnership with Brussels based Liberty TV Travel Channel to launch the channel on Pay TV platforms across Africa. He has a full time career as a FIFA and IOC Certified Sports Physician and an M.Phil. Candidate in Sports and Exercise Medicine at the University of Cape Town South Africa. In October 2011 he also founded and launched the Dayo Osholowu Medical Group which owns and operates the Dayo Osholowu Sports Medicine Clinic a strategic partnership with Lagoon Hospitals Nigerias largest private Hospital group. Dayo has held several executive leadership positions in Africa including roles with the FIFA 2010 South Africa World Cup Organizing Committee Medical Team and as one of the Directors of the Special Olympics International Healthy Athletes Program in Africa since 2008. He was honored in 2009 with the Nigerian Young Professional of the Year award and was in 2010 again nominated for this award and formally recognized by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Jonathan Goodluck and the VP of the World Bank for Africa Oby Ezekeseli for his exceptional professional career.

He is currently a Director of the Future Awards Project, Medical Director of the Dodan Warriors Professional Basketball Team and Global Clinical Advisor of the Guinness World records Claim for Simultaneous Tooth brushing in the World: The Lagos Tooth Brushing Challenge and Expedition Doctor of the Awesome Adventurer Kilimanjaro Expedition. He loves to travel and plays golf every chance he gets. He is a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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