None of Nigerian universities made it to the top 10 universities in Africa in the latest rankings released by Edurank.
EduRank, a top source for social media analytics in the education sector, has released the list of its top 10 universities in Africa for 2024.
As posted on its website, the organisation stated that the ranking was based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence.
Edurank added that it arrived at the ranking after analysing 24.5 million citations received by 2.16 million academic publications made by 1,104 universities from Africa.
The organisation revealed that it conducted a series of statistical analyses to generate comparative university rankings in various fields, by country, region, and globally.
In the 2024 rankings, no Nigerian university made it to the top 10.
The top-ranked Nigerian institution is the University of Ibadan (UI), which is ranked No.13 in Africa and No.1057 in the world.
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) emerged 23 in Africa and 1,431 globally.
The best university in Africa according to the ranking released by EduRank is the University of Cape Town.
List of top 10 universities in Africa
University of Cape Town
University of the Witwatersrand
University of Stellenbosch
University of Pretoria
Cairo University
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Makerere University
University of Nairobi
University of Johannesburg
University of South Africa
