Top 100 Ranking for African Universities and Higher Institutions 2015 [New]

This ranking is based on research publications and citations from the last five years (2010 to 2014) as well as visibility on the internet.

Rank	Institution	Country	Total Influence Factor
1	University of Cape Town	South Africa	45.02
2	Cairo University	Egypt	43.43
3	University of Pretoria	South Africa	43.35
4	University of Nairobi	Kenya	42.81
5	University of South Africa	South Africa	42.32
6	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	42.20
7	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	42.16
8	University of Ibadan	Nigeria	41.22
9	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	41.13
10	Ain Shams University	Egypt	40.54
11	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	40.05
12	Makerere University	Uganda	40.03
13	University of Nigeria	Nigeria	39.96
14	University of Ghana	Ghana	37.83
15	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia	36.13
16	Rhodes University	South Africa	35.85
17	Alexandria University	Egypt	35.62
18	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria	35.57
19	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	34.82
20	University of Lagos	Nigeria	34.48
21	Al-Azhar University	Egypt	34.38
22	University of the Free State	South Africa	34.06
23	Mansoura University	Egypt	33.88
24	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria	33.85
25	American University in Cairo	Egypt	33.64
26	North West University	South Africa	33.24
27	University of Benin	Nigeria	32.96
28	Kenyatta University	Kenya	32.05
29	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Ghana	31.58
30	Zagazig University	Egypt	31.56
31	University of Ilorin	Nigeria	31.27
32	Assiut University	Egypt	30.74
33	Universite d’Alger	Algeria	29.63
34	University of Khartoum	Sudan	29.58
35	University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	29.47
36	University of Port Harcourt	Nigeria	29.24
37	University of Botswana	Botswana	28.72
38	University of Zambia	Zambia	28.39
39	University of Dar Es Salaam	Tanzania	28.10
40	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	South Africa	27.69
41	Suez Canal University	Egypt	26.69
42	Nnamdi Azikiwe University	Nigeria	26.53
43	University of Calabar	Nigeria	26.52
44	Universite Mohammed V	Morocco	26.24
45	Tanta University	Egypt	26.19
46	Federal University of Technology Minna	Nigeria	26.19
47	Moi University	Kenya	26.03
48	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	26.01
49	Federal University of Technology Akure	Nigeria	25.33
50	University of Limpopo	South Africa	24.89
51	Helwan University	Egypt	24.28
52	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	24.23
53	Covenant University	Nigeria	23.56
54	Sudan University of Science and Technology	Sudan	23.19
55	University of Uyo	Nigeria	22.99
56	University of Cape Coast	Ghana	22.87
57	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	Kenya	22.74
58	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	22.74
59	Lagos State University	Nigeria	22.64
60	University of Namibia	Namibia	22.53
61	University of Malawi	Malawi	22.42
62	Egerton University	Kenya	22.35
63	Minia University	Egypt	22.06
64	University of Jos	Nigeria	22.04
65	Ladoke Akintola University of Technology	Nigeria	22.03
66	University of Maiduguri	Nigeria	21.85
67	Benha University	Egypt	21.83
68	Bayero University	Nigeria	21.75
69	Delta State University	Nigeria	21.48
70	Universite Cheikh Anta Diop	Senegal	21.33
71	Federal University of Technology Owerri	Nigeria	21.29
72	Jimma University	Ethiopia	20.50
73	Universite Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen	Algeria	19.93
74	Sokoine University of Agriculture	Tanzania	19.83
75	Olabisi Onabanjo University	Nigeria	19.81
76	Universite de la Reunion	Reunion	19.40
77	Universite Kasdi Merbah	Algeria	19.23
78	Universite de Yaounde	Cameroon	19.18
79	University of Venda	South Africa	18.97
80	Federal University of Agriculture	Nigeria	18.79
81	Universite de Tunis El Manar	Tunisia	18.67
82	University of Zululand	South Africa	18.32
83	University of Mauritius	Mauritius	18.31
84	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	Mozambique	18.20
85	University of Abuja	Nigeria	18.13
86	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	18.07
87	Ebonyi State University	Nigeria	18.07
88	Mekelle University	Ethiopia	17.99
89	Universite Cadi Ayyad	Morocco	17.91
90	Haramaya University	Ethiopia	17.90
91	Michael Okpara University of Agriculture	Nigeria	17.81
92	Usmanu Danfodiyo University	Nigeria	17.71
93	Universite d’Abomey-Calavi	Benin	17.62
94	Universite de Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	17.45
95	South Valley University	Egypt	17.41
96	Menoufia University	Egypt	17.36
97	Universite de Sfax	Tunisia	17.29
98	Fayoum University	Egypt	16.83
99	Rivers State University of Science and Technology	Nigeria	16.70
100	Sohag University	Egypt	16.64