Top 100 Universities in Africa: 28 Universities in Nigeria Made the List

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According to Journals Consortium, this ranking is based 

on research publications and citations from the last five 

years (2010 to 2014) as well as visibility on the internet.

 

Rank	Institution	Country		Total Influence Factor
1	University of Cape Town	South Africa		45.02
2	Cairo University	Egypt		43.43
3	University of Pretoria	South Africa		43.35
4	University of Nairobi	Kenya		42.81
5	University of South Africa	South Africa		42.32
6	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa		42.20
7	Stellenbosch University	South Africa		42.16
8	University of Ibadan	Nigeria		41.22
9	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa		41.13
10	Ain Shams University	Egypt		40.54
11	University of Johannesburg	South Africa		40.05
12	Makerere University	Uganda		40.03
13	University of Nigeria	Nigeria		39.96
14	University of Ghana	Ghana		37.83
15	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia		36.13
16	Rhodes University	South Africa		35.85
17	Alexandria University	Egypt		35.62
18	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria		35.57
19	University of the Western Cape	South Africa		34.82
20	University of Lagos	Nigeria		34.48
21	Al-Azhar University	Egypt		34.38
22	University of the Free State	South Africa		34.06
23	Mansoura University	Egypt		33.88
24	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria		33.85
25	American University in Cairo	Egypt		33.64
26	North West University	South Africa		33.24
27	University of Benin	Nigeria		32.96
28	Kenyatta University	Kenya		32.05
29	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Ghana		31.58
30	Zagazig University	Egypt		31.56
31	University of Ilorin	Nigeria		31.27
32	Assiut University	Egypt		30.74
33	Universite d'Alger	Algeria		29.63
34	University of Khartoum	Sudan		29.58
35	University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe		29.47
36	University of Port Harcourt	Nigeria		29.24
37	University of Botswana	Botswana		28.72
38	University of Zambia	Zambia		28.39
39	University of Dar Es Salaam	Tanzania		28.10
40	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University	South Africa		27.69
41	Suez Canal University	Egypt		26.69
42	Nnamdi Azikiwe University	Nigeria		26.53
43	University of Calabar	Nigeria		26.52
44	Universite Mohammed V	Morocco		26.24
45	Tanta University	Egypt		26.19
46	Federal University of Technology Minna	Nigeria		26.19
47	Moi University	Kenya		26.03
48	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa		26.01
49	Federal University of Technology Akure	Nigeria		25.33
50	University of Limpopo	South Africa		24.89
51	Helwan University	Egypt		24.28
52	University of Fort Hare	South Africa		24.23
53	Covenant University	Nigeria		23.56
54	Sudan University of Science and Technology	Sudan		23.19
55	University of Uyo	Nigeria		22.99
56	University of Cape Coast	Ghana		22.87
57	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	Kenya		22.74
58	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa		22.74
59	Lagos State University	Nigeria		22.64
60	University of Namibia	Namibia		22.53
61	University of Malawi	Malawi		22.42
62	Egerton University	Kenya		22.35
63	Minia University	Egypt		22.06
64	University of Jos	Nigeria		22.04
65	Ladoke Akintola University of Technology	Nigeria		22.03
66	University of Maiduguri	Nigeria		21.85
67	Benha University	Egypt		21.83
68	Bayero University	Nigeria		21.75
69	Delta State University	Nigeria		21.48
70	Universite Cheikh Anta Diop	Senegal		21.33
71	Federal University of Technology Owerri	Nigeria		21.29
72	Jimma University	Ethiopia		20.50
73	Universite Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen	Algeria		19.93
74	Sokoine University of Agriculture	Tanzania		19.83
75	Olabisi Onabanjo University	Nigeria		19.81
76	Universite de la Reunion	Reunion		19.40
77	Universite Kasdi Merbah	Algeria		19.23
78	Universite de Yaounde	Cameroon		19.18
79	University of Venda	South Africa		18.97
80	Federal University of Agriculture	Nigeria		18.79
81	Universite de Tunis El Manar	Tunisia		18.67
82	University of Zululand	South Africa		18.32
83	University of Mauritius	Mauritius		18.31
84	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	Mozambique		18.20
85	University of Abuja	Nigeria		18.13
86	Durban University of Technology	South Africa		18.07
87	Ebonyi State University	Nigeria		18.07
88	Mekelle University	Ethiopia		17.99
89	Universite Cadi Ayyad	Morocco		17.91
90	Haramaya University	Ethiopia		17.90
91	Michael Okpara University of Agriculture	Nigeria		17.81
92	Usmanu Danfodiyo University	Nigeria		17.71
93	Universite d'Abomey-Calavi	Benin		17.62
94	Universite de Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso		17.45
95	South Valley University	Egypt		17.41
96	Menoufia University	Egypt		17.36
97	Universite de Sfax	Tunisia		17.29
98	Fayoum University	Egypt		16.83
99	Rivers State University of Science and Technology	Nigeria		16.70
100	Sohag University	Egypt		16.64