2011 Ranking of African Universities, Top 100

The latest ranking of world universities has been released with South African universities dominating the African regional ranking. Egypt, Algeria and Morocco are other countries with strong ranking. The best ranked West African university is Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology at number 18 while Nigeria’s University of Ilorin occupies the 20^th position.  Egypt leads North Africa at number 11 with Algeria at number 19. Below is a summary of the ranking of the top 100 universities in the African region.

Rank	University	Country
1	University of Cape Town	South Africa
2	University of Pretoria	South Africa
3	Stellenbosch University	South Africa
4	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa
5	Rhodes University	South Africa
6	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa
7	University of the Western Cape	South Africa
8	University of South Africa	South Africa
9	University of Johannesburg	South Africa
10	Makerere University	Uganda
11	Cairo University	Egypt
12	American University in Cairo	Egypt
13	Ain Shams University	Egypt
14	Mansoura University	Egypt
15	University of the Free State	South Africa
16	North West University	South Africa
17	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	South Africa
18	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology	Ghana
19	Université Mentouri de Constantine	Algeria
20	University of Ilorin	Nigeria
21	Al Akhawayn University Ifrane	Morocco
22	Polytechnic of Namibia	Namibia
23	Durban University of Technology	South Africa
24	University of Khartoum	Sudan
25	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa
26	University of Botswana	Botswana
27	University of Nairobi	Kenya
28	Assiut University	Egypt
29	Faculté des Sciences Rabat	Morocco
30	Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar	Senegal
31	University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe
32	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa
33	Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen	Algeria
34	University of Dar Es Salaam	Tanzania
35	University of Mauritius	Mauritius
36	Sudan University of Science & Technology	Sudan
37	University of Namibia	Namibia
38	Strathmore University Nairobi	Kenya
39	Université Cadi Ayyad	Morocco
40	University of Zululand	South Africa
41	German University in Cairo	Egypt
42	University of Jos	Nigeria
43	Helwan University	Egypt
44	National University of Rwanda	Rwanda
45	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene	Algeria
46	Zagazig University	Egypt
47	École Mohammadia d’Ingénieurs	Morocco
48	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia
49	University of Ghana	Ghana
50	University of Garyounis	Libya
51	Kenyatta University	Kenya
52	British University in Egypt	Egypt
53	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda	Morocco
54	University of Nigeria Nsukka	Nigeria
55	Université de Batna	Algeria
56	Université Virtuelle de Tunis	Tunisia
57	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	Mozambique
58	University of Lagos	Nigeria
59	College of Medicine University of Malawi	Malawi
60	South Valley University	Egypt
61	Université Abdelmalek Essaadi	Morocco
62	Fayoum University	Egypt
63	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria
64	Université de Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso
65	Université d’Alger	Algeria
66	Vaal University of Technology	South Africa
67	Université M’Hamed Bougara de Boumerdes	Algeria
68	University of Tanta	Egypt
69	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria
70	University of Zambia	Zambia
71	Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport	Egypt
72	Université Ferhat Abbas Setif	Algeria
73	Université Djillali Liabes	Algeria
74	Pharos University in Alexandria	Egypt
75	Université Ibn Tofail Kenitra	Morocco
76	École Supérieure des Communications de Tunis	Tunisia
77	Université Mohammed V Souissi	Morocco
78	United States International University	Morocco
79	Alexandria University	Egypt
80	Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde	Cape Verde
81	Université Mohammed V Agdal	Morocco
82	Université Saad Dahlab Blida	Algeria
83	University of Fort Hare	South Africa
84	Université d’Antananarivo	Madagascar
85	Université Hassan II Faculté des Sciences Ain Chock Casablanca	Morocco
86	National Open University of Nigeria	Nigeria
87	Mauritius Institute of Education	Mauritius
88	University of Technology Mauritius	Mauritius
89	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	Kenya
90	Moi University	Kenya
91	Mekelle University	Ethiopia
92	Université Hassiba Ben Bouali	Algeria
93	Jimma University	Ethiopia
94	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d’Oran Mohamed Boudiaf	Algeria
95	University of Agriculture Abeokuta	Nigeria
96	Minia University	Egypt
97	Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem	Algeria
98	Central University of Technology	South Africa
99	École National Supérieure de l’Informatique (ex-INI)	Algeria
100	University of Malawi	Malawi

Courtesy: Webometric Ranking of World Universities 2011.