Top 15 African Countries with the best Universities in Africa

On other websites you will find the ranking of universities but on this blog you are going to see a list of African countries with the most top ranking universities. This information is an analysis of the list provided by webometrics.com and this article is updated as soon as the author notices a change in the ranking provided by webometrics.

The number one African country with the highest number of universities before the 16th Country features occupies the 1st position while the fifteenth country to feature on the list of African universities ranking occupies the 15th position. 

The table below is used to rank these countries.

Rank	Country	University (African Ranking)	Number of Universities In Top list
1	Egypt	Cairo University (5) Mansoura University (8) American University in Cairo (10) Alexandria University (15) Assiut University (16) Ain Shams University (24) Helwan University (26) South Valley University (27) Minufiya University (29) Suez Canal University (31) Minia University (32) University of Tanta (33) Fayoum University (44) Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport (49) Al Azhar University (51) Beni Suef University (54) Sohag University (58)	17
2	South Africa	University of Cape Town (1) Stellenbosch University (2) University of the Witwatersrand (3) University of Pretoria (4) University of Kwazulu Natal (6) University of the Western Cape (7) University of Johannesburg (9) Rhodes University (12) North West University (13) University of South Africa  (14) University of the Free State (17) Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (19) Tshwane University of Technology (36) Cape Peninsula University of Technology (38) University of Fort Hare (66) Durban University of Technology (67) University of Limpopo (73)	14
3	Algeria	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene (21) Université Djillali Liabes (22) Université Constantine 1 (Ex Université Mentouri) (37) Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen (42) Université Kasdi Merbah Ouargla (43) Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem (57) Université Setif 1 Ferhat Abbas Setif (60) Université de Bejaia (61)	08
4	Kenya	University of Nairobi (18) Moi University (39) Kenyatta University (40) Egerton University (53) Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (59)	05
5	Morocco	Université Mohammed V Agdal (30) Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech (45) Université Mohammed Premier Oujda (47) Université Hassan II Ain Chock (52) Université Mohammed V Souissi (55)	05
6	Nigeria	Obafemi Awolowo University (25) Obafemi Awolowo University (48) University of Ilorin (50)	03
7	Ghana	University of Ghana (20) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (28)	02
8	Uganda	Makerere University (11)	01
9	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa University (23)	01
10	Tanzania	University of Dar Es Salaam (34)	01
11	Senegal	Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (35)	01
12	Zimbabwe	University of Zimbabwe (41)	01
13	Botswana	University of Botswana (46)	01
14	Mauritius	University of Mauritius (56)	01
15	Cameroon	Université de Dschang (62)	01