list of top universities in africa according to Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings data

1. University of Cape Town

2. University of the Witwatersrand

3. Stellenbosch University

4. University of KwaZulu-Natal

5. Makerere University

6. American University in Cairo

7. Beni-Suef University

8. University of Johannesburg

9. University of Pretoria

10. University of the Western Cape

11. Ain Shams University

12. Alexandria University

13. Assiut University

14. Cairo University

15. University of Ghana

16. University of Ibadan

17. Mansoura University

18. University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad

19. Mohammed V University of Rabat

20. University of Nairobi

21. University of South Africa

22. South Valley University

23. Suez Canal University

24. University of Tlemcen

25. University of Monastir

26. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

27. University of Tunis El Manar