University Ranking is provided by 4ICU – an international higher education search engine and directory reviewing accredited Universities and Colleges in the world.

The first 5 universities in the list are from South Africa, and a total of 10 South African universities made top 20. In previous year, only Universities in South Africa and Egypt made up the top 10 list. But this time, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, went from 12th (last year) to 7th position; while University of Nairobi, Kenya moved from 17 to number 10 spot.

In the previous year, one Nigerian University made the first 20 list. This year, the first Nigerian university showed up at 28th position, followed by the University of Lagos at number 31. Privately owned Covenant University was the 3rd Nigerian university in the list at 49th position.
1 University of Cape Town, South Africa

2 University of South Africa, South Africa

3 University of Pretoria, South Africa

4 Universiteit Stellenbosch, South Africa

5 University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

6 Cairo University, Egypt

7 University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

8 Rhodes University, South Africa

9 Mansoura University, Egypt

10 University of Nairobi, Kenya

11 Alexandria University, Egypt

12 University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

13 Ain Shams University, Egypt

14 The American University in Cairo, Egypt

15 Assiut University, Egypt

16 Université Mohammed V – Agdal, Morocco

17 University of the Western Cape, South Africa

18 University of Johannesburg, South Africa

19 Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

20 North-West University, South Africa

21 Benha University, Egypt

22 University of Ghana, Ghana

23 Makerere University, Uganda

24 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

25 Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen, Algeria

26 The German University in Cairo, Egypt

27 Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique

28 Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

29 Université de la Reunion, Reunion

30 University of Khartoum, Sudan

31 University of Lagos, Nigeria

32 Zagazig University, Egypt

33 Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal

34 Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem, Algeria

35 Université des Frères Mentouri de Constantine, Algeria

36 University of Swaziland, Swaziland

37 Helwan University, Egypt

38 University of Botswana, Botswana

39 Université El Hadj Lakhdar de Batna, Algeria

40 Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

41 Al Akhawayn University, Morocco

42 Université d’Alger , Algeria

43 Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan

44 University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

45 Université Mouloud Maameri de Tizi Ouzou, Algeria

46 South Valley University, Egypt

47 Université Mohammed V – Souissi, Morocco

48 Université Cadi Ayyad, Morocco

49 Covenant University, Nigeria

50 Minoufiya University, Egypt