“Without more financial resources for trade facilitation coming from outside, natural barriers to freer trade within Africa would be still paramount. Africa’s regional integration must be based on sub-regional initiatives (West, Central East Africa). a Pan-African agreement is illusory” – claims professor Rolf Langhammer, a specialist on regional integration in Africa from the Kiel institute of world economy, interviewed by Magdalena Szkudlarek from the R/evolutions editorial team.