Africa's top 50 Universities

Top 50 African University Rankings

South African universities have once again rallied to the top of the university rankings within Africa. Source: Webometrics by Benny Tarwirei Fostering cutting-edge research is not on the agenda for most African universities struggling to cope with more urgent needs like curbing the brain drain, replacing run-down research infrastructures, raising salaries and providing education and training to meet immediate local needs. Where research funding is marginal or non-existent, international cooperation and contributing to global science is clearly of much lesser importance. 1 University of Cape Town 2 Rhodes University 3 Stellenbosch University 4 University of Pretoria 5 University of The Witwatersrand 6 University of The Western Cape 7 University of South Africa 8 University of Kwazulu Natal 9 American University In Cairo 10 Universite De La Reunion 11 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 12 University of The Free State 13 Cairo University 14 Universite Cheikh Anta Diop De Dakar 15 University of Zimbabwe 16 Universite Abdelmalek Essadi 17 Institut Universitaire De Formation Des Maitres De La Reunion 18 University of Mauritius 19 University of Johannesburg 20 Universite Cadi Ayyad 21 Strathmore University Nairobi 22 University of Dar Es Salaam 23 University of Namibia 24 Polytechnic of Namibia 25 University of Nairobi 26 Universidade Eduardo Mondlane 27 Arab Academy For Science & Technology And Maritime Transport 28 Ain Shams University 29 Ecole Mohammadia D'ingenieurs 30 Al Akhawayn University Ifrane 31 Mansoura University 32 Addis Ababa University 33 Egerton University 34 Institut Agronomique Et Veterinaire Hassan Ii 35 North West University 36 Universite Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen 37 Universite De Ouagadougou 38 German University In Cairo 39 Tshwane University Of Technology 40 University of Botswana 41 Zagazig University 42 University of Benin 43 Universite De Batna 44 National University of Rwanda 45 Cape Peninsula University of Technology 46 University of Khartoum 47 Makerere University 48 Mogadishu University 49 University of Fort Hare 50 Ecole Superieure Privee D'ingenierie Et De Technologies