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    2010 Africa Investor TourismSummit Pitch

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    *A 30 second outline of our business concept

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    Travel with jl

    Dayo Osholowu | Gbenga Adetimehin | Folarin Anifowoshe | Onye UbanatuJanuary 6 2010

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    Our vision at Ajala is to

    become a media franchise thatwill own and use all ourintellectual ro ert involvin

    Our VisionOur VisionOur VisionOur Vision

    our brand, tourism industryknow-how, trade secrets, traderelationships, and trademarks

    to create goods and servicesfor African Travelers.

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    Team v sorsTeam v sorsTeam v sorsTeam v sors Founder and Promoter The Ajala Travel CompanyOversees development , management, operation and strategic direction ofAjala TV programming including original productions and acquisitions.

    Winner Future Awards Young Professional of the Year and one timeNigerian National Team Physician and Clinical Director Special OlympicsInternational program in Nigeria.

    Travelled around 15 African Cities and completed road trip across Nigeriain 2006.

    Adedayo Osholowu

    (Founder Ajala TravelCompany & Executive

    Producer Ajala TV)

    Chief Operating Officer of the Ajala Travel Company: Oversees channels

    efforts to brand tourism entertainment through sponsorship efforts andadvertising.Worked with the prestigious Tata Consulting Services India where he wasin Charge of Client Accounts in Asia, America, Asia Pacific, and EMEA. Hehas also spent time working as a Learning and Development at RPG Indian,owners of Saregama India an integrated entertainment company with thelargest music archive in India.

    Visited Accra, Porto Novo, Cairo, India, Cameroon, Dubai and several

    Folarin Anifowoshe( COO Ajala Travel Companyand Destination Promotion

    Executive Ajala TV )

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    Co-Founder and Chief Brand Evangelist Ajala TV: Oversees the image, andbranding of Ajala TV including media planning and marketingcommunications

    Gained experience working with Alder Consulting the ideas, branding andbusiness research firm. An alumni of the Orange Brand Academy

    Completed road trip across Nigeria in 2007. Arm chair traveller withextensive travel guide library. Hates air travel.

    Gbenga Adetimehin(Co-founder and Chief Brand

    Evangelist Ajala TravelCompany)

    Muyiwa Adesemowo is a graduate of Accounting from the Universityof Jos Nigeria

    Country Manager Medicare PTY India: Reponsible for expansion inGhana, Nigeria, Pakistan and Qatar.

    Muyiwa Adeshemowo(Chief Revenue Officer

    Ajala Travel Company)

    Investors and AdvisorsBimbo Kasim (Investment Banker: Meristem) Ebun Feludun (PR Consultant &Plug NigeriaFounder) Obinna Okpala (IP Lawyer) Abiola Kaseem ( Partner Elev8 Brand Communications)

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    To create a premium

    tourism and travellifestyle channel for

    Strategic Growth PlansStrategic Growth PlansStrategic Growth PlansStrategic Growth Plans

    - .in Nigeria the fastest

    growing Pay-TV region inAfrica in June 2011.

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    tvtvtvtvA premium lifestyle

    c anne w rave antourism related content.

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    Through licensing agreements, thejl brand will appear on a widerange of travel and tourism related

    consumer products and services. Wehave identified 2 credible andverifiable Business Models.

    Future Growth PlansFuture Growth PlansFuture Growth PlansFuture Growth Plans

    jl retail packaged tour storesfranchise across Nigeria.

    Merchandising : travel accessories,collectibles, luggage, small leathergoods, stationary

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    We will also consider the licensing

    of our brand to travel, tourism andhospitality related services such as

    Future IdeasFuture IdeasFuture IdeasFuture Ideas

    Budget hotels

    Resort locations

    Low cost airline

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    Recession resistant growth of the AfricanTourism Industry. Only region with positive

    growth in 2009. (UNWTO Report 2009) Current Local content deficit in Africa

    Investment ConsiderationsInvestment ConsiderationsInvestment ConsiderationsInvestment Considerations

    First movers advantage: No local travelcontent service available in Nigerian market

    Value created by offering Africanadvertisers African arm chair travellerdemographic.

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    TV in Africa

    There are a total of 55,583,440 TVhouseholds in Africa. Projected tohave 5 million more by 2015**

    Dynamics of our MarketDynamics of our MarketDynamics of our MarketDynamics of our Market

    9,000,000 in South Africa and 6,900,000in Nigeria alone*

    Mostly viewing with family and friends** TIME Magazine 2010 10 ideas for the next Ten Years

    *DISCOP AFRICA

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    Forget Twitter andFacebook, Google and the

    Kindle. Forget the latest

    sleek iGadget. Television is

    still the most influentialmedium around.... : Fivemillion more households insub-Saharan Africa will get

    years.

    Charles Kenny

    Developmental Economist

    and Contributor of TV willsave the world article in

    TIME Magazine 10 Ideas for

    next 10 years 2010 issue.

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    Pay - TV in Nigeria*

    Currently over 500,000 active Pay-TV subscribers in Nigeria projected

    Dynamics of our MarketDynamics of our MarketDynamics of our MarketDynamics of our Market

    to grow to 1 million in 2 years Nigeria reported as fastest growing

    Pay- TV region in Africa

    * Screen Digest Africa

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    Ajala TV actually begins with its primary, exitstrategy: going public as a publicly tradedcompany, so as to make its shareholders

    investment more liquid and moreprofitable, while also adding value to thecompany.

    Exit StrategyExit StrategyExit StrategyExit Strategy

    and public capital markets, a nationalnetwork of market makers, financial publicrelations firms and a corporate friendly

    float.

    Ajala TVs secondary exit strategy is to addsufficient value to the company so as to beattractive to larger media companies wholike to acquire media companies andbrands.

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    Exit Strategy CompsExit Strategy CompsExit Strategy CompsExit Strategy CompsNetwork/ExitStrategy

    Ajala TV (go public)

    TV Households???

    Value (Sold)???

    BET (Viacom bought) 62 million $3.2 billion

    Telemundo (NBCbought)

    18 million $2.7 billion

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    Speedvision(Sold to Newscorp)

    40 million $0.8 billion

    AIN, HTVN and UATV

    (Reverse Mergers)

    Never profitable;mismanaged;negligible revenues

    All 3 Under 1 million All 3 never madeprofit, but mademillions for theirinvestors andshareholders

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    Thank YouThank YouThank YouThank You

    meet jl

    I am a world traveller.

    Some say I am merely a figment of theimagination, a myth immortalized in

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    song*. I can assure you I havetraversed the world and am preparedto take you on your next venture as

    your guide and friend.My name is jl and I am glad to be of

    service.*A song made popular by a famous Nigerian musician

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    Travel with jl

    Dayo Osholowu | Gbenga Adetimehin | Folarin Anifowoshe | Muyiwa AdesemowoJanuary 6 2010

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    Dayo OsholowuChief Executive OfficerThe Ajala Travel Company

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    E: [email protected]: www.ajala.biz