New York, NY— TravelTalkMEDIA announced today that it has become a member of The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) and will be participating as a strategic media partner of the CCA at the 7th Biennial 2009 U.S. – Africa Business Summit: “Realizing the Investment Power of Africa”. The summit will be held in Washington, D.C., September 29-October 1, 2009. 

Sandy Dhuyvetter, executive producer and host of TravelTalkRADIO and TV recalled that “my first interview with Stephen Hayes [President and CEO of CCA] was back in 2002. I quickly learned that Stephen and I both share a keen interest in the people and culture of Africa and that we have both worked extensively on the continent. We look forward to getting the good word about the CCA out to audiences worldwide. We are delighted to be actively participating in the Council's activities, especially the upcoming U.S. - Africa Business Summit in DC."

 “We are proud to have an organization like TravelTalkMEDIA become a member and, just as importantly, to serve as a strategic media partner,” added CCA President and CEO Stephen Hayes. “Working more closely together will help us to broadcast and distribute the CCA’s messages and the goodwill of its membership on a global basis. We look forward to the participation of TravelTalkMEDIA in the Summit."

About The Corporate Council on Africa

Established in 1993, The Corporate Council on Africa is a nonpartisan membership organization of nearly 180 U.S. companies dedicated to strengthening the commercial relationship between the U.S. and Africa.  CCA members represent 85 percent of total U.S. private sector investments in Africa. The organization is dedicated to bringing together potential business partners and to showcasing business opportunities on the continent. More information about CCA is available at www.africacncl.org.

About the 7th Biennial 2009 U.S. – Africa Business Summit: Realizing the Investment Power of Africa. This three-day event will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., September 29-October 1, 2009 and is expected to attract more than 2,000 leaders from the private and public sectors in the U.S. and Africa. Participants will have the opportunity to network with key African and U.S. private sector and government representatives and attend more than 50 industry-specific sessions and workshops on Africa’s most promising economic sectors. For more information on and to register for the 2009 7th Biennial 2009 U.S. – Africa Business Summit, visit www.africacncl.org.

About TravelTalkMEDIA
From studios based in Southern California and remote destinations around the world, Sandy Dhuyvetter and the TravelTalkMEDIA team produce radio and TV programming each week featuring informative travel news and entertaining interviews with the leading experts in the travel and tourism industries. Audio and video segments are broadcast on conventional radio and TV stations in the US and around the world. A leader in the use of new media and social media since its inception in 2001, TravelTalkMEDIA has been broadcasting continuously worldwide via the Internet. Archives of recent broadcasts are available at www.TravelTalkMEDIA.com

CONTACT: Patrick Peartree +1 760 753 1114,
patrick@TravelTalkRADIO.com       
CONTACT: Andrea Todd, +1 202 263 538,
atodd@africacncl.org

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This press release is published and distributed by TravelTalkMEDIA (www.TravelTalKMEDIA.com) as a media partner of The Corporate Council of Africa.   Also published at the CCA Web site.