Nigeria missing out of top 10 Universities in Africa

 

The list of the top 10 universities in Africa for 2024 as ranked by EduRank, a top source for social media analytics in the education sector, has been released and no Nigerian university is in the top 10.

The organisation stated on its website that the ranking was based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence.

It added that it arrived at the ranking after analysing 24.5 million citations received by 2.16 million academic publications made by 1,104 universities from Africa.

EduRank conducts a series of statistical analyses to generate comparative university rankings in various fields, by country, region, and globally.

In the ratings for 2024, no Nigerian university made it to the top 10. The top-ranked Nigerian institution is the University of Ibadan (UI), which is ranked No. 13 in Africa and No. 1057 in the world.

Seven out of the top 10 universities in Africa are located in South Africa, one is located in Egypt, one in Uganda, and one in Kenya.

Below are the top 10 Universities in Africa.

1. University of Cape Town

2. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

3. University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

4. University of Pretoria, South Africa.

5. Cairo University, Egypt.

6. University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa

7. Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

8. University of Nairobi, Kenya.

9. University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

10. University of South Africa (Unisa)