Best Universities in AfricaUS News & World ReportThe Best Uni­ver­si­ties in Africa are often run by a mix of African gov­ern­men­tal orga­ni­za­tions, and reli­gious insti­tu­tions. A 2022 US News and World Report sur­vey of the Best Glob­al Uni­ver­si­ties in Africa shows the top uni­ver­si­ties in the con­ti­nent. How­ev­er, the list­ing that we’ve pro­vid­ed on this page is a col­lec­tion of the Best Uni­ver­si­ties in Africa that we found from a vari­ety of sources on the web.

 

Colleges/Universities / Africa

From sources across the web

Uni­ver­si­ty of Cape Town

Cape Town

Uni­ver­si­ty of KwaZulu-Natal

Dur­ban

Uni­ver­si­ty of the Wit­wa­ter­srand, Johannesburg

Johan­nes­burg

Stel­len­bosch University

Stel­len­bosch

Uni­ver­si­ty of Pretoria

Pre­to­ria

Cairo Uni­ver­si­ty

Giza

Uni­ver­si­ty of Ibadan

Ibadan

North-West Uni­ver­si­ty

Potchef­stroom

Mak­erere University

Kam­pala

Man­soura University

Man­soura

Uni­ver­si­ty of the West­ern Cape

Bel­lville

Alexan­dria University

Alexan­dria

The Amer­i­can Uni­ver­si­ty in Cairo

Addis Aba­ba Uni­ver­si­ty | Nat­ur­al Sci­ences Campus

Addis Aba­ba

Uni­ver­si­ty of Johannesburg

Johan­nes­burg

Uni­ver­si­ty of Nairobi

Nairo­bi

Uni­ver­si­ty of Ghana

Accra

Uni­ver­si­ty of South Africa

Pre­to­ria

Ain Shams University

Cairo

Rhodes Uni­ver­si­ty

Makhan­da

Assi­ut University

Asyut

Suez Canal University

Ismail­ia

Uni­ver­sité Has­san II de Casablanca

Casablan­ca

Kwame Nkrumah Uni­ver­si­ty of Sci­ence and Technology

Kumasi

Minia Uni­ver­si­ty

Minya

Dur­ban Uni­ver­si­ty of Technology

Dur­ban

South Val­ley University

Qena

Uni­ver­si­ty of Lagos

Lagos

Uni­ver­si­ty of the Free State

Bloem­fontein

Tan­ta University

Tan­ta

Zagazig Uni­ver­si­ty

Zagazig

Menoufia Uni­ver­si­ty

She­been El-Kom

Uni­ver­si­ty of Sfax

Sfax

Nel­son Man­dela University

Gqe­ber­ha

Uni­ver­si­ty Of Sci­ence And Tech­nol­o­gy Houari Boumediene

Bab Ezzouar

Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdel­lah University

Fes

Uni­ver­si­ty of Con­stan­tine 1

Uni­ver­si­ty of Botswana

Gaborone

Ben­ha University

Ban­ha

Uni­ver­sité de Sétif

Uni­ver­si­ty of Nige­ria, Nsukka

Nsuk­ka

Covenant Uni­ver­si­ty

Ota

Uni­ver­si­ty of Ilorin

Ilorin

Uni­ver­si­ty Abu Bekr Belkaid

Tlem­cen

Ger­man Uni­ver­si­ty in Cairo

New Cairo City

Uni­ver­si­ty Of Cape Coast

Cape Coast

Oran 1 University

Oran

Tshwane Uni­ver­si­ty of Technology

Pre­to­ria

Ahmadu Bel­lo University

Zaria

Arab Acad­e­my for Sci­ence, Tech­nol­o­gy & Mar­itime Trans­port, Smart Vil­lage Campus

Alexan­dria