From 1 July 2009, and for a period of a year, the Hellenic-African Chamber of Commerce & Development (HACCD) has assumed the Chair for the European Business Council for Africa and the Mediterranean (EBCAM).  EBCAM was founded in 1973 with its headquarters in Brussels and participating chambers from European countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany,  Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain-Canary Islands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom).  Through its member organizations, EBCAM represents over 2,000 European companies, with more than 3,000,000 employees, and is the only European organization that represents the range of business activities undertaken in Africa by European companies, offering valuable services to members (information, economic missions, etc.) and promoting Euro-African economic relations.

The new President of EBCAM, and President of the Hellenic-African Chamber Sotiris Mousouris in closing the sessions of the Governing Council meeting in Athens on 26 June 2009, said that while in Africa the impact of the financial and institutional crisis is not as hard as elsewhere, African countries need increased financial assistance to reach the Millenium Goals and that several states are offered for trade and investment. EBCAM is planning joint business missions in Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and Cape Verde in early 2010.

On 25 June 2009 the Hellenic-African Chamber extended an official dinner at the Yacht Club where members of EBCAM were present as well as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. M. Varvitsiotis, the Vice President of the European Investment Bank  Mr. P. Sakellaris, the Ambassadors of African countries, the President of the Hellenic Foreign Trade Mr. P. Papastavrou and many other leading Greek businessmen and shipowners  operating in Africa.