The inaugural University ranking by Times Higher Education’s (THE) for Sub-Saharan Africa Universities has shown the privately-owned Covenant University, in Ota, Nigeria, occupying the 7th spot among top 10 in Africa.
The University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa, was named the best university in the continent.
The public institution, more commonly known as Wits University, celebrated its centenary last year and has Nelson Mandela amongst its alumni and now becomes the first university to top THE’s innovative new ranking.
