Since independence in the late 1950s, and in the early 1960s, regional integration in Africa has been identified as an important strategy for the acceleration of development in the continent. The reality of the Post-Cold War international economic world order also stimulates the intensification and fine-tuning of existing regional arrangements leading to the establishment of a supra-national organization and capacity building institutions to address the problems of underdevelopment in Africa.As a consequence, numerous integration groupings have been reorganized and created but their achievements have largely been modest due to inappropriate integration approaches.It is against this background that this article examines the interlocking nexus between regional integration and development in Africa, and maintains that Africans need to adjust their orientation as well as take a major shift towards economic complementary among member states of integration blocs for the actualization of laudable development.It concludes that inward looking and the involvement of all Africans in the regional integration processes would be the best approach for regional integration to foster development.

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非洲的区域一体化与发展：在艰难与艰辛之间

自1950年代末独立以来和1960年代初独立以来，非洲区域一体化已被确定为加速非洲大陆发展的重要战略。冷战后国际经济世界秩序的现实也刺激了现有区域安排的集约化和微调，导致建立了一个超国家组织和能力建设机构来解决非洲发展不足的问题。 ，重组和创建了许多一体化集团，但是由于不适当的一体化方法，它们的成就在很大程度上是微不足道的。正是在这种背景下，本文探讨了非洲区域一体化与发展之间的联系，