Top 100 Best Universities in Africa 2021

Research has shown that most employers prefer hiring students graduates from well reputable and good ranking universities. As a student, it is good to do your course in top-ranking universities to increase your chances of getting employed. Our list of the top 100 best universities in Africa is based on uniRank released in 2021.

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To answer the question; what are the best universities in Africa? uniRank bases their 2021 African university ranking of recognized institutions of higher learning on three criteria;

• being chartered, licensed and/or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in each country
• Offering at least four-year undergraduate degrees (bachelor degrees) or postgraduate degrees (master or doctoral degrees)
• Delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format

According to their website, uniRank indicates that their ranking is valid and unbiased and not influenced by anyone.

It goes on to note that they get their data from independent web intelligent sources, and not universities themselves.

Only one of the best Kenyan universities outperformed giants to appear in the top 20 list. That is the University of Nairobi, which comes from number 7 last year to number 9 in 2021.

2021 List of Top 100 Universities in Africa

Here’s a list of top 100 universities in Africa and the country they are located in;

Rank	University	Country
1	University of Cape Town	South Africa
2	University of Pretoria	South Africa
3	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa
4	Universiteit Stellenbosch	South Africa
5	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa
6	The American University in Cairo	Egypt
7	North-West University	South Africa
8	University of Johannesburg	South Africa
9	University of Nairobi	Kenya
10	Cairo University	Egypt
11	University of the Western Cape	South Africa
12	Rhodes University	South Africa
13	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia
14	University of Ghana	ghana
15	Mansoura University	Egypt
16	University of the Free State	South Africa
17	University of Botswana	Botswana
18	Makerere University	Uganda
19	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa
20	University of Zambia	Zambia
21	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa
22	University of Dar es Salaam	Tanzania
23	Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport	Egypt
24	Kenyatta University	Kenya
25	Durban University of Technology	Algeria
26	Université Mohamed Boudiaf de M’sila	Algeria
27	University of Lagos	Nigeria
28	Ain Shams University	Egypt
29	Université de la Reunion	Reunion
30	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa
31	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Ghana
32	Covenant University	Nigeria
33	Université Cadi Ayyad	Morocco
34	Namibia University of Science and Technology	Namibia
35	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	Mozambique
36	Université Frères Mentouri de Constantine 1	Algeria
37	Université Cheikh Anta Diop	Senegal
38	University of Khartoum	Sudan
39	Africa University	Zimbabwe
40	Alexandria University	Egypt
41	Université Abou Bekr Belkaid de Tlemcen	Algeria
42	University of Namibia	Namibia
43	University of Ibadan	Nigeria
44	Université Mohammed V	Morocco
45	Sudan University of Science and Technology	Sudan
46	University of Nigeria	Nigeria
47	Université Abderrahmane Mira de Béjaia	Algeria
48	University of Tripoli	Libya
49	Strathmore University	Kenya
50	Université Al Akhawayn	Morocco
51	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediène	Algeria
52	Jimma University	Ethiopia
53	Université Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1	Algeria
54	Central University of Technology	South Africa
55	Kampala International University	Uganda
56	Université Mouloud Maameri de Tizi Ouzou	Algeria
57	Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis de Mostaganem	Algeria
58	Rivers State University	Nigeria
59	University of Fort Hare	South Africa
60	Al-Azhar University	Egypt
61	The German University in Cairo	Egypt
62	Université Ahmed Ben Bella d’Oran 1	Algeria
63	Assiut University	Egypt
64	Benha University	Egypt
65	University of Rwanda	Rwanda
66	Université Hassan II de Casablanca	Morocco
67	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	Kenya
68	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Morocco
69	Université Mohamed Khider de Biskra	Algeria
70	United States International University Africa	Kenya
71	Université Kasdi Merbah de Ouargla	Algeria
72	Uganda Christian University	Uganda
73	Université Ibn Tofail	Morocco
74	University of Limpopo	South Africa
75	University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe
76	Université Hassiba Ben Bouali de Chlef	Algeria
77	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria
78	University of Port Harcourt	Nigeria
79	Université Badji Mokhtar de Annaba	Algeria
80	University of Cape Coast	ghana
81	Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma	Algeria
82	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria
83	Moi University	Kenya
84	Université Ibn Zohr	Morocco
85	Egerton University	Kenya
86	Université Hadj Lakhder de Batna 1	Algeria
87	Zagazig University	Egypt
88	Université Benyoucef Benkhedda d’Alger 1	Algeria
89	University of Ilorin	Nigeria
90	University of Benin	Nigeria
91	Helwan University	Nigeria
92	University of Mauritius	Mauritius
93	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d’Oran Mohamed Boudiaf	Algeria
94	Libyan International Medical University	Libya
95	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa
96	Tanta University	Egypt
97	Misr University for Science and Technology	Egypt
98	Sokoine University of Agriculture	Tanzania
99	Université Tahar Moulay de Saida	Algeria
100	Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta	Nigeria