List of Best Universities in Africa 2020

According to a recent ranking of universities in Africa, both private and public compiled by UniRank, these are the best higher educational institutions in Africa as of 2020.

Factors considered when coming with this list included research impact, internationalization, faculty/student ratio, research output, industry interface, refereed publications and academic productivity.

Here is a list of 100 best universities in Africa, both private and public. 

Rank	University	Country
1	University of Cape Town	South Africa
2	University of Pretoria	South Africa
3	University of South Africa	South Africa
4	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa
5	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa
6	Universiteit Stellenbosch	South Africa
7	University of Johannesburg	South Africa
8	North-West University	South Africa
9	University of Nairobi	Kenya
10	University of the Western Cape	South Africa
11	The American University in Cairo	Egypt
12	University of Ibadan	Nigeria
13	Cairo University	Egypt
14	Rhodes University	South Africa
15	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	South Africa
16	Universiteit van die Vrystaat	South Africa
17	Moi University	Kenya
18	Makerere University	Uganda
19	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa
20	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia
21	Egerton University	Kenya
22	University of Ghana	Ghana
23	University of Nigeria	Nigeria
24	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	Mozambique
25	University of Lagos	Nigeria
26	Kenyatta University	Kenya
27	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria
28	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa
29	Durban University of Technology	South Africa
30	Covenant University	Nigeria
31	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Ghana
32	Mansoura University	Egypt
33	University of Dar es Salaam	Tanzania
34	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria
35	Ain Shams University	Egypt
36	Jimma University	Egypt
37	Université Cheikh Anta Diop	Senegal
38	Université de la Reunion	re
39	Alexandria University	Egypt
40	University of Namibia	Nambia
41	University of Khartoum	Sudan
42	University of Fort Hare	South Africa
43	Université Mohammed V	Morocco
44	Namibia University of Science and Technology	Namibia
45	Federal University of Technology, Minna	Nigeria
46	The German University in Cairo	Egypt
47	University of Botswana	Botswana
48	Central University of Technology	South Africa
49	Université Kasdi Merbah de Ouargla	Algeria
50	Université Cadi Ayyad	Morocco
51	Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen	Algeria

52	University of Ilorin	Nigeria
53	Benha University	Egypt
54	Strathmore University	Kehya
55	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	Kenya
56	Assiut University	Egypt
57	Al Akhawayn University	Moroco
58	University of Zambia	Zambia
59	Université des Frères Mentouri de Constantine 1	Algeria
60	Sudan University of Science and Technology	Sudan
61	Université Mohamed Khider de Biskra	Algeria
62	University of Benin	Nigeria
63	Helwan University	Egypt
64	University of Abuja	Nigeria
65	University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe
66	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa
67	University of Rwanda	Rwanda
68	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediène	Algeria
69	University of Zululand	South Africa
70	University of Mauritius	Mauritius
71	Zagazig University	Egypt
72	Federal University of Technology, Owerri	Nigeria
73	University of Agriculture, Abeokuta	Nigeria
74	Mzumbe University	Tanzania
75	University of Venda	South Africa
76	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah	Morocco
77	Afe Babalola University	Nigeria
78	Universidade Católica de Angola	Angola
79	University of Limpopo	South Africa
80	Jaamacada Kismaayo	Somalia
81	Sokoine University of Agriculture	Tanzania
82	United States International University	Kenya
83	Université Mouloud Maameri de Tizi Ouzou	Algeria
84	Mbarara University of Science and Technology	Uganda
85	Université d’Alger 1	Algeria
86	Université Ferhat Abbas de Sétif 1	Algeria
87	The British University in Egypt	Egypt
88	Uganda Christian University	Uganda
89	Misr University for Science and Technology	Egypt
90	Université Abderrahmane Mira de Béjaia	Algeria
91	Université Ibnou Zohr	Morocco
92	University of Cape Coast	Ghana
93	Ndejje University	Uganda
94	Landmark University	Nigeria
95	Walter Sisulu University	South Africa
96	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	Tanzania
97	Ashesi University College	Ghana
98	Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem	Algeria
99	University of Port Harcourt	Nigeria
100	Université Batna 1	Algeria