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Africa All Universities 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	273	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	339	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	55	1191	31	140	280	402	518	625	723	857	1,051	1,140	1,191
2	2	352	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1537	David M. Richardson	55	1067	22	79	183	278	368	459	552	678	859	971	1,067
3	3	366	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	1706	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	55	935	21	71	162	252	318	398	483	556	684	826	935
4	4	611	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	8330	Fernando Albericio	55	818	9	45	113	197	253	305	361	434	625	756	818
5	5	648	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	3657	Mike Wingfield	55	828	8	55	141	235	322	420	494	562	650	749	828
6	6	666	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	936	Loan Truong ⁱ	55	943	8	30	96	147	195	260	329	455	681	836	943
1	7	701	Cairo University	Egypt	1908	Public	708	Ali Ellithi ⁱ	94	1320	7	32	91	183	302	424	514	549	567	668	1,320
7	8	830	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8722	Christo Venter ⁱ	55	461	5	19	66	103	161	218	276	309	369	457	461
2	9	894	Ain Shams University	Egypt	1950	Public	2317	Amr Radi ⁱ	94	1608	4	19	52	120	197	288	383	425	501	908	1,608
1	10	922	University of Ibadan	Nigeria	1948	Public	3399	Oye Gureje ⁱ	282	567	4	13	47	110	181	236	270	279	283	303	567
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8	11	982	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	11193	Roy Maartens	55	381	3	20	42	74	105	134	167	231	292	357	381
9	12	1,015	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	14567	Tebello Nyokong	55	255	3	15	35	62	92	114	125	153	178	231	255
3	13	1,031	Zagazig University	Egypt	1974	Public	27189	Mohamed Abd Elaziz	94	423	3	12	40	77	132	177	242	330	386	413	423
4	14	1,044	Kafr El Sheikh University	Egypt	2006	Public	27703	Sabry Shaheen	94	714	3	10	29	49	76	107	142	213	340	515	714
1	15	1,090	University of Health and Allied Sciences	Ghana	2011	Public	28727	Seth Owusu Agyei	81	152	3	5	10	12	20	31	45	61	87	127	152
5	16	1,091	British University in Egypt	Egypt	2005	Private	604	Yasser Assran ⁱ	94	176	3	5	8	11	20	29	42	62	97	138	176
6	17	1,110	Assiut University	Egypt	1957	Public	29205	ايمان مصطفي محمد جفلان	94	487	2	24	53	125	221	307	405	455	475	482	487
7	18	1,128	Beni Suef University	Egypt	2005	Public	33533	Mohamed Ahmed	94	229	2	17	34	62	106	147	181	196	205	213	229
1	19	1,149	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia	1950	Public	34662	Girmay Medhin	52	356	2	14	35	55	72	87	107	148	209	294	356
8	20	1,153	Alexandria University	Egypt	1942	Public	12219	MS El Naschie	94	506	2	13	44	92	168	249	327	364	381	441	506
10	21	1,170	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	33648	HC Swart	55	331	2	12	30	55	78	109	136	192	263	299	331
1	22	1,178	Université Mohammed V de Rabat	Morocco	1957	Public	172	Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli ⁱ	48	472	2	11	29	54	91	114	133	163	218	331	472
1	23	1,180	Makerere University	Uganda	1922	Public	12262	Nelson Sewankambo ⁱ	40	417	2	11	25	45	77	108	137	190	253	336	417
1	24	1,204	Université de Sfax	Tunisia	1986	Public	16967	Moncef Nasri	26	912	2	9	29	49	77	105	131	149	161	182	912
9	25	1,288	Zewail City of Science and Technology	Egypt	2011	Public	114	Ahmed Ali Abdelalim ⁱ	94	158	2	6	11	15	17	24	30	37	57	94	158
10	26	1,291	American University in Cairo	Egypt	1919	Private	7786	Ahmed M Hamed ⁱ	94	504	2	5	24	49	69	94	128	158	238	338	504
1	27	1,308	Djillali Liabes university of Sidi Bel Abbes	Algeria	1989	Public	3383	Abdelouahed Tounsi	108	358	2	5	10	13	22	27	38	44	78	136	358
11	28	1,330	Suez Canal University	Egypt	1976	Public	13789	Waleed E. Mahmoud	94	478	2	3	18	33	57	84	124	165	209	320	478
11	29	1,344	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4583	Richard M. Cowling	55	187	2	3	7	23	30	40	60	80	119	156	187
1	30	1,351	University of Namibia	Namibia	1992	Public	11371	Riaan Steenkamp ⁱ	5	128	2	3	5	12	21	35	53	78	115	127	128
12	31	1,356	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	17657	AJ Afolayan	55	254	2	2	14	27	38	45	61	94	135	195	254
12	32	1,382	Mansoura University	Egypt	1972	Public	22201	Maysaa El Sayed Zaki ⁱ	94	1244	1	26	88	167	281	423	552	733	931	1,168	1,244
2	33	1,415	University of Ghana	Ghana	1948	Public	34287	Dwomoa Adu	81	862	1	13	57	87	135	190	240	335	454	593	862
13	34	1,439	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	7281	Eno E. Ebenso	55	862	1	11	34	66	102	156	211	323	512	704	862
2	35	1,553	University of Nigeria	Nigeria	1960	Public	29234	Obinna E. Onwujekwe ⁱ	282	367	1	6	30	91	170	279	346	361	365	366	367
2	36	1,561	Université de Tunis el Manar	Tunisia	1987	Public	13646	Adel Trabelsi	26	53	1	6	21	27	36	47	50	52	53	53	53
14	37	1,628	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	1903	Timothy D Noakes	55	267	1	5	12	26	37	60	69	104	160	201	267
2	38	1,629	Université Hassan II de Casablanca	Morocco	1975	Public	48	Abdeslam Hoummada ⁱ	48	442	1	5	12	22	32	41	57	89	159	286	442
3	39	1,663	Federal University of Technology Akure	Nigeria	1981	Public	27465	Ganiyu Oboh	282	555	1	4	14	33	53	89	102	134	221	390	555
1	40	1,701	University of Mauritius	Mauritius	1965	Public	23955	Rajesh Jeewon	7	126	1	4	7	11	18	30	37	47	77	102	126
4	41	1,729	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria	1962	Public	12679	Shafiu Mohammed ⁱ	282	194	1	3	14	27	52	86	112	124	131	148	194
13	42	1,747	Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology	Egypt	2010	Public	10423	Ayman Mahrous ⁱ	94	180	1	3	10	15	25	29	33	44	60	99	180
2	43	1,821	Université Setif 1 Ferhat Abbas Setif	Algeria	1978	Public	36697	Zoubida Zaidi ⁱ	108	166	1	2	11	22	37	52	68	78	101	121	166
1	44	1,866	Université de Dschang	Cameroon	1993	Public	17128	Victor Kuete	16	55	1	2	7	9	11	14	18	24	32	43	55
14	45	1,869	Fayoum University	Egypt	2005	Public	990	Mohammed Attia Mahmoud ⁱ	94	431	1	2	6	10	24	42	69	122	181	280	431
15	46	1,881	Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport	Egypt	1972	Private	34488	MR Darwish ⁱ	94	189	1	2	5	10	26	45	65	117	168	186	189
1	47	1,891	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	Mozambique	1962	Public	31943	Albertino Damasceno ⁱ	10	37	1	2	5	6	6	8	11	17	22	30	37
1	48	1,915	Njala University Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	1964	Public	40271	Bockarie M	9	56	1	2	4	5	6	8	11	14	22	42	56
1	49	1,945	Université des Sciences des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako USTTB	Mali	2011	Public	41608	Abdoulaye Djimde	8	16	1	2	3	3	4	6	6	6	7	12	16
16	50	1,951	Delta University for Science & Technology	Egypt	2007	Private	13775	Ae Kabeel	94	117	1	2	2	7	10	13	18	24	35	59	117