With its various centers of education, Africa offers many opportunities to students. Here is a brief overview about the 10 oldest universities in Africa.

10) Makerere University (1922)
Makerere University is located in Kampala, Uganda. It was first established as a technical school in 1922. It transitioned from the faculty based to the collegiate system few years back. Today it is the largest institution of higher learning in Uganda. It is composed of nine colleges and one school and enrolls around 36,000 undergraduates and 4,000 postgraduates. It is one of the most prestigious universities in the African continent.

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9) American University in Cairo (1919)
The American University was established in the year 1919 by the American Mission in Egypt. The founders intended the university to be both a preparatory school and a university. The AUC is a nonprofit, independent, liberal arts, English language university. It offers American-style learning programs at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels. Students from more than 100 nations study here.

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University of Algiers (1909)
Located in Algiers, Algeria, the University of Algiers was established in 1909. It stemmed out of different higher education institutions created in the 19th century under the French colonial rule. Today it is organized into seven faculties. There were some 30 indigenous Algerian students in 1914. Today, around 100,827 students study in this university.

7) Cairo University (1908)
Founded on 21 December 1908, the Cairo University is a public university located in Giza. It became a state institution under King Fahd I in 1925. Currently it enrolls around 155,000 students in 22 faculties. Three of its graduates are Nobel laureates.

6) Stellenbosch University (1903)
This leading public research university was established in the year 1903. Located in Stellenbosch, this university was the first African university to sign the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities.

5) University of Khartoum (1902)
The University of Khartoum is the largest and oldest university in Sudan. It was established in the year 1902. This multi-campus, co-educational, public university is recognized as a top university and a high-ranked academic institution in Africa. It was renamed from Gordon Memorial College in 1956.

No Nigerian University is even on the list....

4) University of Liberia (1862)
The University of Liberia was established in 1862. This publicly funded institution of higher education is located in Monrovia. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in West Africa.

3) University of Cape Town (1829)
The UCT, which was founded in 1829 as the South African College, is a public research university located in Cape Town. It is the oldest university in South Africa and also the second oldest extant university in the African continent.

2) Fourah Bay College (1827)
This public university is located in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It was founded on 18 February 1827 and is the oldest university in West Africa and constituent college of the University of Sierra Leone. It is also the first western-style university in the region.

1) Al-Azhar University (970~972 AD)
Located in Cairo, Egypt, the Al-Azhar University was established in 970~972 AD by the Fatimids as a center of Islamic learning. It was one of the first universities in the world. Today it is the chief center of Arabic literature and Islamic learning.

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good to know...

Wow Africans are so ill informed thanks to PROPAGANDISTS like NL.

Again lets educate, Am so ashamed of many Africans here

UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE IN THE EASTERN CAPE SOUTH AFRICA IS ONE OF THE OLDEST UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICA AND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1916 OLDER THAN MANY LISTED HERE.

one of the oldest colleges in AFRICA LOVEDALE COLLEGE in the eastern Cape, RSA est. in 1860s and one of the oldest in Africa.
Educated alot of black people and one of the oldest black colleges in S.A. Attracted people from all corners of S.A. in the 1880s.
One of the oldest newspaper in Native/African languages was here in Z.A.

^^^^^Am sure the likes of Museveni,Nyerere,Mugabe,Kaunda and many other African presidents that studied in UFH would be suprized to see their old university not listed among oldest in AFRICA. Thanks to HATEFUL PROPAGANDISTS blinded by hate and leaving the truth behind in the process.

THE FIRST QUALIFIED BLACK NURSE IN AFRICA WAS FROM HERE. THE BLACK FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.....eish Africa. by 1880s we were already producing NURSES at our universities.

presenting CECILIA MAKIWANE we have hospitals named after her.

Non of my country university in d list. Nawa o

THE FIRST BLACK MEDICAL DOCTOR WAS BORN AND BRED IN S.A. AND STUDIED IN SCOTLAND AND CAME BACK TO Z.A. AND BECAME THE FIRST BLACK AFRICAN REGISTERED MEDICAL DOCTOR. HIS FATHER WAS AFRICA'S FIRST BLACK JOURNALIST EDUCATED IN SCOTLAND AND MARRIED A SCOTTISH WOMAN.

AFRICA'S FIRST BLACK MEDICAL DOCTOR WAS SOUTH AFRICAN, SAME CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE 1ST NURSE, JOURNALIST BETWEEN 1860-1900. Note by 1860s when we were sending our people to study in Scotland west Africa was still practicing ATLANTIC SLAVERY.
This led the Brits to start Apartheid laws in 1912 then gave the Boers to strengthen racist laws that blocked all non whites from education.

^^^^As you can see we had our 1st qualified doctor way before UCT even started introducing the medical school
Isn't that AYOBA

^^^^As you can see we had our 1st qualified doctor way before UCT even started introducing the medical school
Isn't that AYOBA
While the British were abolsihing ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE in west africa. We were sending our own to UK universities. Africa's oldest newspaper was from here and was writen in our languages. WE AREN'T HOUSE NEGROES. Like boers,Japanese,Russians and Chinese we value our languages more than English.

We were already attending colleges while their villagers were living in fear of the ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE.
Am not surprized some regions in nigeria produce drug paddlers who are jailed all over the globe, fake pastors and ritualists....this mentality dates back to historical events...

THREE IGBO WOMEN IN 1870. Note: By 1850 in S.A. some people non whites were already playing CRICKET AND RUGBY.

https://www.tumblr.com/search/opobo

If you talk of the BRITISH EDUCATION SYSTEM some coastal blacks in S.A. have been thru this system since 1840s and produced doctors and other professionals by 1860s when WEST AFRICA was still practicing ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE. The last SLAVE SHIPS sailed around WEST AFRICA in 1860s till 1900s. Selling fellow africans to Europeans your ancestors got mirrors and beads in return while whites got CHEAP LABOUR and their economies boomed while TRIBAL tensions continued in West Africa till today.

In 1960s our local newspapers were already teaching our people about dangerous of colonialism.

Your academics know the truth....for us by us. We had a choice of being HOUSE NEGROES and sellouts of our own country.

Between 1658-1770 there were few whites (Germans,Dutch,French,Swedes and Norwegians working for the Dutch co. VOC) in Cape Town harbour Z.A. less than 16 000 souls and most were sailors who worked the Dutch East India companies sailing from Europe to India trading on SPICES AND other staff. Blacks were trading with Khoisan people and the Khoi told their black neighbours of these funny pale people. Contacts between the blacks and whites started in 1770s and resulted in wars. These wars started with Xhosas, then Zulus then inland people like Sothos etc...By 1867-1900 wars died out due to MINERAL WEALTH DISCOVERIES and people got along not until Brits noticed non whites were out numbering whites in urban areas. Land laws started and APARTHEID started in full mode in 1948-1990.

Before that there were multi racial areas in S.A. urban areas like DISTRICT SIX Cape Town, SOPHIATOWN Joburg where JAZZ was trending.

remembering those good old days

multi ethnic legends who unified our people early in the 1860s....these were mainly educated overseas they came EC, KZN,Gauteng and NW.
We are building NEW UNIVERSITIES named after some these legends and am sure after 20 years these will be in the TOP 20 in AFRICA.

the FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT FOR Z.A. NEW UNIVERSITIES. Named after legends who were educated overseas while other regions of Africa were busy selling each other during ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE. It took Brits to end slavery. West Africans have been enslaving each other even before they met Arabs and Europeans their customers who got CHEAP LABOUR in return for mirros, beads, fabrics etc...Yes your nigerian ancestors were NAKED before they met these two groups.