The rankings of Africa’s top higher education institutions has been provided by the 4 International Colleges & Universities (4icu).
4icu is an international higher education search engine and directory reviewing accredited Universities and Colleges in the world. 4icu.org includes 11,160 Colleges and Universities, ranked by web popularity, in 200 countries.
The list shows that South African universities come top, although South Africa ranks very low in the quality of education in the world.
Meanwhile the first Nigerian University on the list is at number 10.
See full list below
1 University of South Africa, South Africa
2 University of Cape Town, South Africa
3 Universiteit Stellenbosch, South Africa
4 University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
5 University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
6 University of Pretoria, South Africa
7 Cairo University, Egypt
8 University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
9 University of the Western Cape, South Africa
10 Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
11 Makerere University, Uganda
12 University of Botswana, Botswana
13 Mansoura University, Egypt
14 Rhodes University, South Africa
15 Alexandria University, Egypt
16 The American University in Cairo, Egypt
17 Zagazig University, Egypt
18 University of Johannesburg, South Africa
19 Assiut University, Egypt
20 University of Nairobi, Kenya
21 Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
22 University of Zambia, Zambia
23 North-West University, South Africa
24 University of Lagos, Nigeria
25 Tanta University, Egypt
26 University of Ghana, Ghana
27 Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
28 Université Mohammed V – Agdal, Morocco
29 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa
30 Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
31 Université d’Antananarivo, Madagascar
32 Ain Shams University, Egypt
33 University of Ibadan, Nigeria
34 Kenyatta University, Kenya
35 University of Namibia, Namibia
36 Universiteit van die Vrystaat, South Africa
37 University of Nigeria, Nigeria
38 The German University in Cairo, Egypt
39 University of Limpopo, South Africa
40 Université de la Reunion, Reunion
41 University of Khartoum, Sudan
42 Benha University, Egypt
43 Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique
44 Helwan University, Egypt
45 École Nationale d’Architecture, Morocco
46 University of Fort Hare, South Africa
47 Université Nationale du Rwanda, Rwanda
48 Al Akhawayn University, Morocco
49 Université Catholique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, Benin
50 Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
51 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
52 Minia University, Egypt
53 Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
54 Fayoum University, Egypt
55 Moi University, Kenya
56 University of Ilorin, Nigeria
57 October 6 University, Egypt
58 South Valley University, Egypt
59 Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania
60 Université Mouloud Maameri de Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
61 Université Mohammed V – Souissi, Morocco
62 Al-Azhar University, Egypt
63 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
64 Misurata University, Libya
65 Minoufiya University, Egypt
66 Université d’Oran, Algeria
67 Université Hassan II Mohammedia – Casablanca, Morocco
68 Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia
69 Université d’Alger, Algeria
70 University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
71 University of Cape Coast, Ghana
72 The British University in Egypt, Egypt
73 Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
74 University of Zululand, South Africa
75 University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria
76 University of Malawi, Malawi
77 Université Cadi Ayyad, Morocco
78 Université Mentouri de Constantine, Algeria
79 Suez Canal University, Egypt
80 Université de Yaoundé I, Cameroon
81 Egerton University, Kenya
82 University of Swaziland, Swaziland
83 Kafr el-Sheikh University, Egypt
84 Université Ibn Tofail, Morocco
85 Université de la Manouba, Tunisia
86 Université Hassan II – Casablanca, Morocco
87 Covenant University, Nigeria
88 University of Benin, Nigeria
89 École Nationale Supérieure en Informatique, Algeria
90 Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediène, Algeria
91 Durban University of Technology, South Africa
92 Strathmore University, Kenya
93 Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
94 Université Ibnou Zohr, Morocco
95 Universidade de Cabo Verde, Cape Verde
96 Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
97 University of Mauritius, Mauritius
98 Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania
99 Gulu University, Uganda
100 Vaal University of Technology, South Africa