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Africa University / Institution Rankings 2024

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			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %3	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	325	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	345	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	54	1162	27	133	272	384	492	598	690	797	978	1,113	1,162
2	2	409	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1567	David M. Richardson	54	994	20	74	176	261	345	440	520	616	791	939	994
3	3	411	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	1790	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	54	800	20	68	152	239	310	380	448	528	624	779	800
4	4	776	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	3643	Mike Wingfield	54	742	8	50	134	222	307	392	478	523	623	728	742
5	5	848	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	8375	Fernando Albericio	54	729	7	43	108	184	241	291	338	399	538	714	729
6	6	954	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	965	Loan Truong ⁱ	54	805	6	29	86	136	191	246	302	390	592	793	805
1	7	1,041	Cairo University	Egypt	1908	Public	679	Ali Ellithi ⁱ	93	648	5	28	84	164	275	386	491	541	563	578	648
7	8	1,079	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	9098	Christo Venter ⁱ	54	462	5	16	62	97	146	196	258	301	331	454	462
2	9	1,206	Ain Shams University	Egypt	1950	Public	2298	Amr Radi ⁱ	93	526	4	17	47	105	180	263	357	413	446	516	526
8	10	1,371	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	11238	Roy Maartens	54	361	3	17	39	70	95	125	156	202	268	340	361
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9	11	1,395	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	14146	Tebello Nyokong	54	237	3	14	33	57	86	109	122	138	169	215	237
1	12	1,407	University of Ibadan	Nigeria	1948	Public	3380	Oye Gureje ⁱ	282	346	3	13	40	98	167	220	261	276	280	286	346
3	13	1,420	Zagazig University	Egypt	1974	Public	30271	Mohamed Abd Elaziz	93	423	3	12	36	64	122	165	208	292	379	403	423
4	14	1,465	Kafr El Sheikh University	Egypt	2006	Public	29468	Sabry Shaheen	93	615	3	9	27	44	70	93	128	177	264	471	615
10	15	1,475	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	South Africa	2002	Institution	12091	Lynn Morris	54	56	3	9	15	21	27	32	37	42	47	49	56
5	16	1,550	British University in Egypt	Egypt	2005	Private	650	Yasser Assran ⁱ	93	175	3	4	8	11	18	26	37	55	79	129	175
6	17	1,633	Beni Suef University	Egypt	2005	Public	32677	Mohamed Ahmed	93	230	2	13	29	57	96	139	173	193	204	209	230
7	18	1,642	Alexandria University	Egypt	1942	Public	11837	MS El Naschie	93	505	2	12	38	85	156	226	307	354	372	430	505
1	19	1,680	Université Mohammed V de Rabat	Morocco	1957	Public	166	Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli ⁱ	47	360	2	10	23	48	78	102	131	154	192	286	360
1	20	1,710	World Agroforestry (ICRAF)	Kenya	1978	Institution	7762	Meine Van Noordwijk\|Noordwijk, Meine van, van Noordwijk, Meine	80	71	2	9	20	26	34	43	52	56	65	71	71
1	21	1,731	Makerere University	Uganda	1922	Public	11882	Nelson Sewankambo ⁱ	40	417	2	8	23	43	72	103	124	170	233	306	417
11	22	1,775	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	1969	Institution	10332	Carl Lombard	54	71	2	7	18	25	30	37	45	53	61	67	71
1	23	1,803	Université de Sfax	Tunisia	1986	Public	17179	Moncef Nasri	26	63	2	6	28	37	45	51	60	61	63	63	63
8	24	1,847	American University in Cairo	Egypt	1919	Private	7822	Ahmed M Hamed ⁱ	93	375	2	5	21	47	63	90	119	146	196	307	375
12	25	1,889	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Institution	15766	Willem Hanekom	54	23	2	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	14	19	23
2	26	1,904	International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)	Kenya	1994	Institution	7462	Philip Thornton	80	62	2	4	13	16	22	28	30	39	51	60	62
1	27	1,910	University of Health and Allied Sciences	Ghana	2011	Public	31851	Seth Owusu Agyei	77	152	2	4	10	11	17	26	42	52	72	112	152
1	28	1,912	Djillali Liabes university of Sidi Bel Abbes	Algeria	1989	Public	3599	Abdelouahed Tounsi	106	148	2	4	9	13	20	26	35	40	58	104	148
9	29	1,925	Suez Canal University	Egypt	1976	Public	24680	Waleed E. Mahmoud	93	218	2	3	15	31	50	77	108	145	199	215	218
13	30	1,947	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4440	Richard M. Cowling	54	177	2	3	7	20	27	36	53	71	105	135	177
1	31	1,960	University of Namibia	Namibia	1992	Public	11944	Riaan Steenkamp ⁱ	5	127	2	3	5	10	18	31	45	73	103	127	127
14	32	1,982	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	17846	AJ Afolayan	54	150	2	2	14	26	35	44	57	76	115	148	150
10	33	2,025	Mansoura University	Egypt	1972	Public	24686	Maysaa El Sayed Zaki ⁱ	93	1246	1	24	78	152	260	381	500	645	866	1,126	1,246
11	34	2,028	Assiut University	Egypt	1957	Public	31083	ايمان مصطفي محمد جفلان	93	489	1	23	51	108	199	282	381	439	470	482	489
1	35	2,094	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia	1950	Public	35356	Girmay Medhin	49	357	1	12	33	52	71	79	98	125	174	270	357
2	36	2,103	University of Ghana	Ghana	1948	Public	33446	Dwomoa Adu	77	495	1	11	50	77	123	171	220	284	404	487	495
15	37	2,136	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	37756	HC Swart	54	284	1	10	27	52	73	99	125	167	238	282	284
16	38	2,150	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	7312	Eno E. Ebenso	54	699	1	9	32	57	95	142	184	264	415	652	699
2	39	2,280	Université de Tunis el Manar	Tunisia	1987	Public	13219	Adel Trabelsi	26	64	1	6	20	27	36	49	57	62	64	64	64
17	40	2,291	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	South Africa	1945	Institution	16025	Suprakas Sinha Ray	54	306	1	6	16	29	42	69	101	127	199	280	306
2	41	2,337	University of Nigeria	Nigeria	1960	Public	32550	Obinna E. Onwujekwe ⁱ	282	368	1	5	27	81	157	253	332	357	365	366	368
18	42	2,380	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	1895	Timothy D Noakes	54	180	1	5	11	21	33	51	67	89	132	178	180
19	43	2,409	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	South Africa	1968	Institution	13462	Karl Peltzer	54	77	1	5	7	11	22	26	37	43	57	73	77
12	44	2,430	Helwan University	Egypt	1975	Public	124	Ahmed Ali Abdelalim ⁱ	93	483	1	4	17	33	57	93	121	166	254	415	483
3	45	2,458	Federal University of Technology Akure	Nigeria	1981	Public	27914	Ganiyu Oboh	282	320	1	4	12	29	49	75	99	107	183	309	320
2	46	2,462	Université Hassan II de Casablanca	Morocco	1975	Public	50	Abdeslam Hoummada ⁱ	47	201	1	4	12	23	32	39	51	78	131	196	201
13	47	2,484	Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology	Egypt	2010	Public	10075	Ayman Mahrous ⁱ	93	114	1	4	10	15	25	28	33	38	49	86	114
14	48	2,486	Zewail City of Science and Technology	Egypt	2011	Public	603	Shaaban Khalil ⁱ	93	127	1	4	10	13	15	22	25	34	45	78	127
1	49	2,514	University of Mauritius	Mauritius	1965	Public	23340	Rajesh Jeewon	7	128	1	4	7	11	16	23	36	43	61	96	128
4	50	2,554	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria	1962	Public	14560	Shafiu Mohammed ⁱ	282	196	1	3	13	23	44	73	107	121	127	137	196
20	51	2,692	South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity	South Africa	2000	Institution	23425	Whitfield, AK	54	30	1	3	3	5	8	12	13	14	19	24	30
3	52	2,719	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology	Kenya	1965	Institution	33241	Zeyaur R Khan	80	76	1	2	11	16	17	22	26	34	46	69	76
2	53	2,727	Université Setif 1 Ferhat Abbas Setif	Algeria	1978	Public	35645	Zoubida Zaidi ⁱ	106	165	1	2	9	22	36	48	65	75	83	111	165
15	54	2,770	Fayoum University	Egypt	2005	Public	1034	Mohammed Attia Mahmoud ⁱ	93	309	1	2	6	10	21	36	62	96	159	258	309
4	55	2,831	Kenya Medical Research Institute	Kenya	1979	Institution	2127	Robert W Snow	80	29	1	2	4	6	9	12	14	17	19	27	29
1	56	2,845	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	Mozambique	1962	Public	34006	Albertino Damasceno ⁱ	10	37	1	2	4	6	6	7	10	16	17	28	37
3	57	2,885	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda	Morocco	1978	Public	10318	Belkheir Hammouti	47	17	1	2	3	3	5	8	9	13	15	15	17
1	58	2,892	Université des Sciences des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako USTTB	Mali	2011	Public	40506	Abdoulaye Djimde	8	15	1	2	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	10	15
21	59	2,896	The Aurum Institute NPC	South Africa	2002	Institution	16507	Gavin Churchyard	54	4	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
5	60	2,942	Centre for Healthy Start Initiative	Nigeria	2011	Institution	20637	Bolajoko O. Olusanya ⁱ	282	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
4	61	2,943	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Morocco	2014	Private	24273	Belmabkhout Youssef	47	178	1	1	16	23	33	35	45	58	83	120	178
1	62	2,959	Université de Dschang	Cameroon	1993	Public	18058	Victor Kuete	16	55	1	1	7	9	11	13	16	23	28	38	55
1	63	3,001	Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Botswana	1991	Public	33924	Demel Teketay	13	107	1	1	4	8	10	14	17	32	47	78	107
2	64	3,014	Armauer Hansen Research Institute	Ethiopia	1970	Institution	22360	Abraham Aseffa	49	13	1	1	4	4	4	6	6	6	8	12	13
16	65	3,070	Delta University for Science & Technology	Egypt	2007	Private	15865	Ae Kabeel	93	63	1	1	2	5	8	11	15	19	28	47	63
3	66	3,123	Catholic University College of Ghana	Ghana	2003	Private	144103	Daniel Obeng Ofori	77	16	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	6	16
5	67	3,192	Université Hassan II Ain Chock	Morocco	1975	Public	179	Driss Benchekroun\|Driss Benchekroun ⁱ	47	6	1	1	1	2	2	3	5	5	6	6	6
2	68	3,199	Kabale University	Uganda	2001	Public	39221	James K Tumwine	40	88	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	8	17	22	88
5	69	3,286	University of Nairobi	Kenya	1970	Public	68414	Manasi Kumar ⁱ	80	1116	0	12	42	95	178	257	326	372	433	724	1,116
17	70	3,295	Tanta University	Egypt	1972	Public	55630	Ammar H Elsheikh	93	788	0	11	34	81	137	209	292	395	616	774	788
			Institutional Subscription (Discount and Free Institutional Academic Performance Report)
18	71	3,296	National Research Center, Egypt	Egypt	1956	Institution	47078	A. Hebeish	93	572	0	11	29	77	123	191	279	359	437	516	572
4	72	3,382	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology	Ghana	1952	Public	80164	Ellis Owusu Dabo ⁱ	77	595	0	7	25	51	97	154	214	299	439	538	595
19	73	3,399	Menoufia University	Egypt	1976	Public	45705	Raouf El Mallawany	93	759	0	7	18	33	63	87	121	193	349	657	759
22	74	3,401	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	60272	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	54	183	0	7	18	27	38	51	70	96	120	163	183
23	75	3,407	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	45456	TA Stenstrom	54	159	0	7	15	22	38	48	56	69	95	111	159
1	76	3,418	University of Khartoum	Sudan	1956	Public	62238	Muntaser Ibrahim	47	223	0	7	10	13	19	28	41	51	54	98	223
1	77	3,451	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	Tanzania	2007	Public	64445	Ferdinand Mugusi	53	111	0	6	13	20	28	33	37	50	66	90	111
20	78	3,551	Al Azhar University	Egypt	1961	Public	104009	KH S Mekheimer	93	390	0	4	25	45	66	89	131	188	249	285	390
3	79	3,562	Université de Monastir	Tunisia	2004	Public	54846	Sassi Ben Nasrallah	26	132	0	4	19	34	43	61	70	80	101	123	132
6	80	3,564	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria	1962	Public	68570	Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ⁱ	282	463	0	4	18	34	50	83	117	174	274	397	463
21	81	3,591	South Valley University	Egypt	1995	Public	68956	Muhammad Salman	93	150	0	4	14	25	38	51	67	94	131	143	150
7	82	3,626	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)	Nigeria	1967	Institution	41255	Ranajit Bandyopadhyay	282	67	0	4	11	16	19	23	29	33	41	65	67
8	83	3,627	University of Ilorin	Nigeria	1975	Public	98150	Musa Toyin Yakubu	282	533	0	4	10	32	74	126	173	209	329	474	533
22	84	3,631	Damietta University	Egypt	2012	Public	83773	Adel El Sonbati	93	263	0	4	10	19	31	47	67	94	142	207	263
1	85	3,680	University of Malawi	Malawi	1964	Public	51988	Ken Maleta	10	72	0	4	7	11	18	23	30	34	44	56	72
23	86	3,721	Benha University	Egypt	1976	Public	88913	Haitham M Yousof	93	732	0	3	15	40	81	131	189	230	258	567	732
24	87	3,801	Sohag University	Egypt	2006	Public	45707	Ibrahim A. Abbas	93	63	0	3	9	15	24	39	51	61	62	63	63
24	88	3,846	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Institution	76921	Tony Rebelo	54	50	0	3	8	9	9	14	20	24	30	47	50
2	89	3,894	Ifakara Health Institute	Tanzania	1956	Institution	83521	Honorati Masanja	53	58	0	3	6	9	14	19	24	32	42	48	58
25	90	3,911	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Institution	41766	D. Buckley ⁱ	54	14	0	3	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	14
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6	91	3,922	Université Moulay Ismail Meknès	Morocco	1989	Public	116214	Zakia Hammouch	47	224	0	3	5	9	13	25	39	63	86	147	224
26	92	3,943	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	125133	Olawale Fatoki	54	178	0	3	4	13	18	24	30	50	93	151	178
9	93	4,021	Nnamdi Azikiwe University	Nigeria	1991	Public	97894	Joshua O. Ighalo	282	407	0	2	12	18	39	71	121	231	371	401	407
10	94	4,045	University of Calabar	Nigeria	1975	Public	88419	A. Egrinya Eneji	282	472	0	2	10	28	54	91	152	175	249	445	472
25	95	4,063	Minia University	Egypt	1976	Public	47970	Abdel Hamid M	93	320	0	2	9	30	53	68	94	124	171	258	320
4	96	4,065	Université de Carthage	Tunisia	1987	Public	104332	Mosbah Amlouk	26	64	0	2	9	27	40	49	56	61	61	62	64
11	97	4,072	Lagos State University	Nigeria	1983	Public	79392	Abiodun O. Adewuya	282	172	0	2	9	16	27	35	48	58	71	119	172
7	98	4,081	Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah Fes	Morocco	1975	Public	114216	Abdelmajid Jamil	47	262	0	2	8	22	39	63	88	131	173	253	262
6	99	4,087	Moi University	Kenya	1984	Public	64812	Fabian Esamai	80	312	0	2	8	14	24	29	41	58	100	172	312
27	100	4,088	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	77736	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	54	152	0	2	8	18	23	32	43	60	89	115	152