Nigerian Universities Absent In Top 10 Universities In Africa

The top ten universities in Africa for 2024, as ranked by EduRank, a leading provider of social media analytics in the education sector, has been announced, and no Nigerian university is among them.

According to the organisation’s website, the rating is based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence.

It noted that the ranking was determined after examining 24.5 million citations received by 2.16 million academic publications produced by 1,104 African universities.

EduRank uses statistical analysis to provide comparative university rankings in a variety of subjects at the national, regional, and worldwide levels.

In the 2024 rankings, no Nigerian university made the top ten. The University of Ibadan (UI) is Nigeria’s top-ranked institution, ranking 13th in Africa and 1057th in the world.

Seven of Africa’s top ten universities are in South Africa, with one each in Egypt, Uganda, and Kenya.

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Below are the top 10 Universities in Africa.

1. University of Cape Town
   The University of Cape Town (UCT) was founded in 1829 as the South African College, a high school for boys.
2. University of the Witwatersrand
   The University of Witwatersrand is situated in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its history is linked to mining, political and civic activism, and the development of Johannesburg.
3. University of Stellenbosch
   Stellenbosch University (SU) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the earliest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Saharan Africa, together with the UCT – which received full university status on the same day in 1918.
4. University of Pretoria
   The University of Pretoria (UP) is one of Africa’s top universities and reportedly the largest contact university in South Africa. The university said it produces socially-impactful researches to find solutions for the world’s most pressing issues.
5. Cairo University
   Cairo University is usually ranked among the best universities in Egypt, and one of the best in Africa. The institution has a reputation for excellence in medical education and research.
6. University of KwaZulu-Natal
   The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa, offers nearly 2,000 academic programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. UKZN is reportedly the third most productive university in South Africa in terms of research output.
7. Makerere University
   Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, which began as a technical school in 1922, was the first major institution of higher learning in East and Central Africa.
8. University of Nairobi
   The University of Nairobi, Kenya, is a collegiate research institution. Although its history as an educational institution dates back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970.
9. University of Johannesburg
   The institution is said to be one of the largest comprehensive contact universities in South Africa. University of Johannesburg (UJ) has a student population of over 50,000, of which more than 3000 are international students from 80 countries.
10. University of South Africa
    The University of South Africa (Unisa) is an open-learning institution. Per a piece of information on its website, the school is a dedicated distance education university in the world.

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