Thirty-Nine (39) RUFORUM Member Universities Ranked Among Top 100 Universities in Africa According to UNIRANKS 2026

29 June, 2026

By Evaline Acan

The 2026 University Rankings (uniRank) have recently been released, featuring an independent, web-based assessment of officially recognized higher education institutions. The publication highlighted Africa’s leading universities from a global pool of 37,555 institutions, naming 134 African universities as “Top by Country,” 99 as “Top by Region,” and 3 as “Elite Universities.” Unlike research-intensive frameworks such as the QS World University Rankings or Times Higher Education, uniRank primarily measures the online visibility, popularity, and digital presence of universities using independent web metrics rather than research output, teaching quality, or academic reputation.

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) congratulates its thirty-nine (39) member universities that were ranked among the Top 100 Universities in Africa in the UNIRANKS 2026 Africa University Rankings. As the network continues to expand its partnerships and programs, the recognition of 40 member universities among Africa’s top accredited and visible institutions reinforces RUFORUM’s strategic position as a convening platform for strengthening higher agricultural education to drive Africa’s development agenda.

The table below shows the Top 100 Universities in Africa according to the 2026 uniRank with the RUFORUM member universities highlighted in green.

No	University Name	Rank	Score (%)	Country
1.	University of Cape Town	241	88.91	South Africa
2.	Stellenbosch University	346	86.74	South Africa
3.	University of the Witwatersrand	381	86.12	South Africa
4.	Cairo University	430	85.24	Egypt
5.	University of Kwazulu Natal	488	84.36	South Africa
6.	University of Johannesburg	502	84.23	South Africa
7.	University of Pretoria	595	82.67	South Africa
8.	Mansoura University	720	80.56	Egypt
9.	Alexandria University	725	80.45	Egypt
10.	University of the Western Cape	779	79.57	South Africa
11.	Ain Shams University	830	78.85	Egypt
12.	American University in Cairo	921	77.66	Egypt
13.	University of Ghana	934	77.56	Ghana
14.	University of Nairobi	948	77.35	Kenya
15.	Addis Ababa University	961	77.15	Ethiopia
16.	Rhodes University	974	76.91	South Africa
17.	Makerere University	984	76.75	Uganda
18.	University of Ibadan	1035	76.13	Nigeria
19.	University of the Free State	1067	75.79	South Africa
20.	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	1175	74.7	Ghana
21.	Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech	1242	74.01	Morocco
22.	Al Azhar University	1251	73.88	Egypt
23.	Covenant University Ota	1268	73.67	Nigeria
24.	University of Lagos	1354	72.53	Nigeria
25.	Tshwane University of Technology	1364	72.43	South Africa
26.	Helwan University	1380	72.29	Egypt
27.	Mohammed V University of Rabat	1394	72.14	Morocco
28.	University of Nigeria	1407	71.99	Nigeria
29.	Obafemi Awolowo University	1542	70.74	Nigeria
30.	Menoufia University	1559	70.54	Egypt
31.	Durban University of Technology	1582	70.29	South Africa
32.	University of Dar Es Salaam	1584	70.28	Tanzania
33.	University of South Africa	1602	70.14	South Africa
34.	Minia University	1644	69.73	Egypt
35.	Arab Academy for Science & Technology & Maritime Transport	1669	69.53	Egypt
36.	Houari Boumediene University of Science & Technology	1750	68.86	Algeria
37.	Benha University	1823	68.26	Egypt
38.	North West University	1851	68.05	South Africa
39.	British University in Egypt	1855	68.03	Egypt
40.	University of the Mentouri Constantine Brothers 1	1858	68.01	Algeria
41.	Assiut University	1917	67.6	Egypt
42.	Jimma University	1950	67.37	Ethiopia
43.	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	1956	67.34	South Africa
44.	University of Botswana	1975	67.13	Botswana
45.	German University in Cairo	1985	67.05	Egypt
46.	Hassan II University of Casablanca	1994	67	Morocco
47.	Kenyatta University	2009	66.89	Kenya
48.	Zagazig University	2014	66.86	Egypt
49.	University of Zimbabwe	2015	66.86	Zimbabwe
50.	University of Cape Coast	2028	66.74	Ghana
51.	University of Mauritius	2036	66.68	Mauritius
52.	University of Fort Hare	2053	66.46	South Africa
53.	Federal University of Technology Akure	2069	66.36	Nigeria
54.	Ahmadu Bello University	2071	66.35	Nigeria
55.	Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar	2096	66.19	Senegal
56.	Kafr El Sheikh University	2148	65.75	Egypt
57.	Nelson Mandela University	2158	65.65	South Africa
58.	University of Khartoum	2166	65.57	Sudan
59.	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology	2167	65.57	Kenya
60.	University of Tunis El Manar	2185	65.44	Tunisia
61.	Tanta University	2192	65.38	Egypt
62.	Moi University	2252	64.91	Kenya
63.	Ibnou Zohr University of Agadir	2255	64.89	Morocco
64.	University of Zambia	2264	64.83	Zambia
65.	University of Ilorin	2327	64.32	Nigeria
66.	University of Port Harcourt	2353	64.11	Nigeria
67.	Landmark University	2397	63.82	Nigeria
68.	Moulay Ismail Meknes University	2469	63.34	Morocco
69.	University of Limpopo	2546	62.69	South Africa
70.	University of Rwanda	2564	62.54	Rwanda
71.	Aswan University	2586	62.37	Egypt
72.	University of Namibia	2615	62.11	Namibia
73.	Sudan University of Science & Technology	2631	61.97	Sudan
74.	MISR University for Science & Technology	2633	61.96	Egypt
75.	Bahir Dar University	2635	61.94	Ethiopia
76.	University for Development Studies	2646	61.88	Ghana
77.	Fayoum University	2720	61.39	Egypt
78.	University of Venda	2721	61.36	South Africa
79.	Nile University	2734	61.28	Egypt
80.	October University for Modern Sciences & Arts MSA	2750	61.21	Egypt
81.	Ibn Tofail University Kenitra	2787	60.98	Morocco
82.	Bayero University Kano	2845	60.58	Nigeria
83.	October 6 University	2871	60.44	Egypt
84.	Chouaib Eddoukali University	2879	60.39	Morocco
85.	University of Carthage	2885	60.36	Tunisia
86.	Egerton University	2924	60.11	Kenya
87.	Future University	2939	60.05	Egypt
88.	Federal University of Technology Minna	2944	60.02	Nigeria
89.	Mbarara University of Science & Technology	2951	60	Uganda
90.	University of Monastir	2978	59.86	Tunisia
91.	Beni Suef University	3041	59.43	Egypt
92.	Vaal University of Technology	3055	59.31	South Africa
93.	Ladoke Akintola University of Technology	3061	9.26	Nigeria
94.	University Community	3103	58.96	Ethiopia
95.	Zewail City of Science & Technology	3133	58.77	Egypt
96.	Sokoine University of Agriculture	3174	58.54	Tanzania
97.	University of Education Winneba	3199	58.38	Ghana
98.	University of Tripoli	3235	58.13	Libya
99.	Namibia University of Science & Technology	3236	58.12	Namibia
100.	Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences	3239	58.09	Tanzania