Best Universities for Accounting in Africa

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 406K citations received by 40.6K academic papers made by 173 universities in Africa was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Pretoria

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Accounting

#1 in South Africa

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. University of Cape Town

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South Africa | Cape Town

For Accounting

#2 in South Africa

#265 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Accounting

#3 in South Africa

#296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

4. University of Stellenbosch

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South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Accounting

#4 in South Africa

#314 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of Sfax

For Accounting

#333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

6. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Accounting

#5 in South Africa

#370 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

7. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Accounting

#6 in South Africa

#402 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

8. University of Ghana

For Accounting

#1 in Ghana

#403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 67,914
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1948

9. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Accounting

#7 in South Africa

#447 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

10. Cairo University

For Accounting

#1 in Egypt

#536 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 207,853
Founded: 1908

11. North-West University

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South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Accounting

#8 in South Africa

#537 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

12. Covenant University

For Accounting

#611 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

13. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Accounting

#628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1991

14. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Accounting

#645 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

15. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Accounting

#1 in Kenya

#705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

16. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Accounting

#706 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Enrollment: 32,480
Founded: 1962

17. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Accounting

#1 in Uganda

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1922

18. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Accounting

#780 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 48,680
Founded: 1962

19. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Accounting

#2 in Egypt

#799 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 6,857
Founded: 1919

20. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Accounting

#2 in Kenya

#804 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1970

21. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Accounting

#828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 49,436
Founded: 1962

22. Ain Shams University

For Accounting

#3 in Egypt

#849 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

23. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Accounting

#2 in Ghana

#941 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Enrollment: 85,000
Founded: 1951

24. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Accounting

#955 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

25. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Accounting

#963 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 130,000
Founded: 1999

26. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Accounting

#977 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 41,269
Founded: 1948

27. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Accounting

#3 in Ghana

#984 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

28. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Accounting

#985 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

29. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Accounting

#1000 in the World

30. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Accounting

#4 in Egypt

#1003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

31. University of the Free State

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Accounting

#9 in South Africa

#1077 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1904

32. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Accounting

#1103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

33. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Accounting

#1 in Botswana

#1124 in the World

Founded: 1964

34. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Accounting

#10 in South Africa

#1137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

35. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Accounting

#3 in Kenya

#1140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

36. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Accounting

#10 in Nigeria

#1146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

37. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Accounting

#1155 in the World

38. University of Malawi

For Accounting

#1 in Malawi

#1165 in the World

Founded: 1964

39. Tanta University

For Accounting

#5 in Egypt

#1166 in the World

Founded: 1972

40. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Accounting

#1178 in the World

Founded: 1950

41. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Accounting

#11 in South Africa

#1192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

42. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Accounting

#11 in Nigeria

#1251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

43. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Accounting

#6 in Egypt

#1260 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

44. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Accounting

#12 in Nigeria

#1279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

45. Enugu State University of Science and Technology

Nigeria | Enugu

For Accounting

#13 in Nigeria

#1317 in the World

Founded: 1981

46. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Accounting

#14 in Nigeria

#1320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 40,645
Founded: 1975

47. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Accounting

#15 in Nigeria

#1333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

48. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Accounting

#1359 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

49. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Accounting

#7 in Egypt

#1364 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 197,278
Founded: 1942

50. University of Professional Studies, Accra

For Accounting

#4 in Ghana

#1371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

51. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Accounting

#16 in Nigeria

#1394 in the World

Founded: 1992

52. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Accounting

#4 in Kenya

#1461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

53. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Accounting

#1462 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,000
Founded: 1970

54. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Accounting

#8 in Egypt

#1492 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

55. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Accounting

#12 in South Africa

#1499 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

56. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Accounting

#13 in South Africa

#1513 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

57. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Accounting

#1514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 20,399
Founded: 1955

58. University of Uyo

For Accounting

#17 in Nigeria

#1517 in the World

Founded: 1991

59. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Accounting

#9 in Egypt

#1519 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

60. Bayero University Kano

For Accounting

#18 in Nigeria

#1521 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

61. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Accounting

#14 in South Africa

#1554 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

62. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Accounting

#15 in South Africa

#1570 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 24,754
Founded: 1959

63. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Accounting

#19 in Nigeria

#1583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

64. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Accounting

#20 in Nigeria

#1585 in the World

Founded: 1975

65. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Accounting

#21 in Nigeria

#1592 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1990

66. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Accounting

#1 in Mauritius

#1615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

67. University for Development Studies

For Accounting

#5 in Ghana

#1637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

68. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Accounting

#1 in Zambia

#1651 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

69. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Accounting

#22 in Nigeria

#1679 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

70. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Accounting

#1739 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

71. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Accounting

#23 in Nigeria

#1749 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

72. Osun State University

Nigeria | Osogbo

For Accounting

#24 in Nigeria

#1752 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 2007

73. Assiut University

For Accounting

#10 in Egypt

#1764 in the World

Founded: 1957

74. Kumasi Technical University

For Accounting

#6 in Ghana

#1783 in the World

Founded: 1954

75. Vaal University of Technology

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South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Accounting

#16 in South Africa

#1794 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

76. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Accounting

#25 in Nigeria

#1811 in the World

Founded: 2002

77. Nasarawa State University

Nigeria | Keffi

For Accounting

#26 in Nigeria

#1823 in the World

Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 2002

78. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Accounting

#27 in Nigeria

#1830 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

79. Adekunle Ajasin University

Nigeria | Akungba Akoko

For Accounting

#28 in Nigeria

#1832 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1982

80. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Accounting

#29 in Nigeria

#1850 in the World

Founded: 2000

81. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Accounting

#7 in Ghana

#1851 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

82. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Accounting

#1869 in the World

83. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Accounting

#30 in Nigeria

#1881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 23,100
Founded: 1981

84. Lagos State University

For Accounting

#31 in Nigeria

#1882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

85. Helwan University

For Accounting

#11 in Egypt

#1888 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

86. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

For Accounting

#8 in Ghana

#1889 in the World

Founded: 1961

87. Kaduna State University

Nigeria | Kaduna

For Accounting

#32 in Nigeria

#1967 in the World

Founded: 2004

88. University of Abuja

Nigeria | Abuja

For Accounting

#33 in Nigeria

#1977 in the World

Enrollment: 35,372
Founded: 1988

89. Strathmore University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Accounting

#5 in Kenya

#1978 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 2002

90. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

For Accounting

#34 in Nigeria

#2003 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Founded: 2000

91. Kogi State University

Nigeria | Anyigba

For Accounting

#35 in Nigeria

#2025 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1999

92. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Accounting

#36 in Nigeria

#2032 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

93. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Accounting

#37 in Nigeria

#2041 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2000

94. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Accounting

#2063 in the World

95. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Accounting

#2082 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 57,852
Founded: 2001

96. Al Akhawayn University

Morocco | Ifrane

For Accounting

#2093 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

97. Central University of Technology

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South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Accounting

#17 in South Africa

#2102 in the World

Founded: 1981

98. Federal University of Technology, Owerri

Nigeria | Owerri

For Accounting

#38 in Nigeria

#2114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1980

99. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Accounting

#12 in Egypt

#2128 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

100. Benha University

For Accounting

#13 in Egypt

#2138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 88,016
Founded: 1976