Top 100 Universities and Colleges in Africa

This ranking is edited by 4icu.org University Web Ranking and based upon an algorithm including three unbiased and independent web metrics extracted from three different search engines: 1) Google Page Rank, 2) Yahoo Inbound Links, and 3) Alexa Traffic Rank.

Web metrics data are collected on the same day to minimize temporal fluctuations and maximize comparability. A pre-computational filter is adopted to detect outliers in the raw data. The total number of external inbound links (or backlinks) pointing to each university website is also cleaned from duplicate domains based on a statistical sample; unique inbound links (i.e. links coming from different domains) are in fact a much more significant and powerful measure of website link popularity. Finally, further investigation and a review of Alexa Traffic Rank data is carried out for universities adopting a subdomain (highly not recommended) as their official institutional home page.

Ranking of top 100 Universities

1  University of Cape Town	South Africa
2  Cairo University	Egypt
3  University of Pretoria	South Africa
4  Universiteit Stellenbosch	South Africa
5  University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa
6  University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa
7  University of South Africa	South Africa
8  The American University in Cairo	Egypt
9  Mansoura University	Egypt
10  University of the Western Cape	South Africa
11  Makerere University	Uganda
12  Rhodes University	South Africa
13  University of Johannesburg	South Africa
14  University of Nairobi	Kenya
15  University of Dar es Salaam	Tanzania
16  Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa
17  Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	South Africa
18  University of Botswana	Botswana
19  University of Ghana	Ghana
20  Helwan University	Egypt
21  Ain Shams University	Egypt
22  Université Cadi Ayyad	Morocco
23  University of Khartoum	Sudan
24  Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa
25  Al Akhawayn University	Morocco
26  Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia
27  Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	Mozambique
28  Université Cheikh Anta Diop	Senegal
29  Mogadishu University	Somalia
30  University of Namibia	Namibia
31  University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe
32  University of Ibadan	Nigeria
33  Polytechnic of Namibia	Namibia
34  University of Ilorin	Nigeria
35  Zagazig University	Egypt
36  Assiut University	Egypt
37  North-West University	South Africa
38  Université Mentouri de Constantine	Algeria
39  Presbyterian University College	Ghana
40  University of Benin	Nigeria
41  Universiteit van die Vrystaat	South Africa
42  Kenyatta University	Kenya
43  Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediène	Algeria
44  Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria
45  Université de la Reunion	Reunion
46  Sudan University for Science and Technology	Sudan
47  Strathmore University	Kenya
48  The Hubert Kairuki Memorial University	Tanzania
49  Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Ghana
50  United States International University	Kenya
51  Université Abdelmalek Essadi	Morocco
52  Tanta University	Egypt
53  The German University in Cairo	Egypt
54  Université de Batna	Algeria
55  Université d'Alger	Algeria
56  South Valley University	Egypt
57  Menoufia University	Egypt
58  Al Azhar University	Egypt
59  Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen	Algeria
60  University of Mauritius	Mauritius
61  Central University of Technology	South Africa
62  Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria
63  Université Hassan II - Aïn Chock	Morocco
64  Université Hassan II - Mohammedia	Morocco
65  Université Mohammed V - Souissi	Morocco
66  Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	Kenya
67  Durban University of Technology	South Africa
68  Université Ibn Tofail	Morocco
69  University of Zambia	Zambia
70  University of Jos	Nigeria
71  Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem	Algeria
72  Université M'hamed Bouguerra de Boumerdes	Algeria
73  Nile University	Egypt
74  University of Education, Winneba	Ghana
75  International University of Africa	Sudan
76  University of Fort Hare	South Africa
77  Université Mohammed V - Agdal	Morocco
78  University of Limpopo	South Africa
79  Uganda Christian University	Uganda
80  Vaal University of Technology	South Africa
81  Université Hassan Ier	Morocco
82  Université Saad Dahlab Blida	Algeria
83  Walter Sisulu University	South Africa
84  Moi University	Kenya
85  Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Fés	Morocco
86  MISR University for Sience and Technology	Egypt
87  Université d'Antananarivo	Madagascar
88  October 6 University	Egypt
89  École Nationale Polytechnique	Algeria
90  Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Mohamed Boudiaf d'Oran	Algeria
91  Egerton University	Kenya
92  Université Mouloud Maameri de Tizi Ouzou	Algeria
93  Université Djillali Liabes	Algeria
94  University of Cape Coast	Ghana
95  Université d'Oran	Algeria
96  University of Garyounis	Libya
97  National University of Rwanda	Rwanda
98  Université de Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso
99  University of Zululand	South Africa
100  Kigali Institute of Science and Technology	Rwanda