Best Universities for Accounting in Africa

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 451K citations received by 41.5K academic papers made by 174 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

#207 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

#263 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of the Witwatersrand

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Accounting

#3 in South Africa

#295 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

#311 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of Sfax

For Accounting

#319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 33,193

6. University of South Africa

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Accounting

#5 in South Africa

#357 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

7. University of Ghana

For Accounting

#1 in Ghana

#391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1948

8. University of KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa | Durban

For Accounting

#6 in South Africa

#401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

9. University of Johannesburg

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South Africa | Johannesburg

For Accounting

#7 in South Africa

#415 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

10. Cairo University

For Accounting

#1 in Egypt

#527 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

#534 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

12. Covenant University

For Accounting

#609 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

13. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Accounting

#630 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

#711 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

16. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Accounting

#715 in the World

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

17. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Accounting

#1 in Uganda

#741 in the World

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

18. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Accounting

#778 in the World

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

19. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Accounting

#2 in Egypt

#797 in the World

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

20. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Accounting

#798 in the World

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

21. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Accounting

#2 in Kenya

#800 in the World

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

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

#920 in the World

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

24. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Accounting

#944 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

25. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Accounting

#4 in Egypt

#949 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

26. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Accounting

#952 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

27. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Accounting

#3 in Ghana

#958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

28. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Accounting

#960 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

29. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Accounting

#975 in the World

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

30. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Accounting

#981 in the World

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

#1116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

33. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Accounting

#1134 in the World

34. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Accounting

#1 in Botswana

#1145 in the World

Founded: 1964

35. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Accounting

#3 in Kenya

#1146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

36. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Accounting

#10 in Nigeria

#1151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

37. Nelson Mandela University

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South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Accounting

#10 in South Africa

#1158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

38. Tanta University

For Accounting

#5 in Egypt

#1161 in the World

Founded: 1972

39. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Accounting

#1188 in the World

Founded: 1950

40. University of Limpopo

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South Africa | Mankweng

For Accounting

#11 in South Africa

#1195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

41. University of Malawi

For Accounting

#1 in Malawi

#1196 in the World

Enrollment: 10,500
Founded: 1964

42. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Accounting

#11 in Nigeria

#1260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

43. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Accounting

#6 in Egypt

#1267 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

44. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Accounting

#12 in Nigeria

#1288 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

#1319 in the World

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

47. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Accounting

#15 in Nigeria

#1324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 76,000
Founded: 1975

48. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Accounting

#7 in Egypt

#1327 in the World

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

49. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Accounting

#1332 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

50. University of Professional Studies, Accra

For Accounting

#4 in Ghana

#1340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 26,703
Founded: 1965

51. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Accounting

#16 in Nigeria

#1398 in the World

Founded: 1992

52. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Accounting

#4 in Kenya

#1435 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

53. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Accounting

#8 in Egypt

#1467 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

54. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Accounting

#1473 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 45,155
Founded: 1970

55. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Accounting

#9 in Egypt

#1477 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

56. Tshwane University of Technology

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South Africa | Pretoria

For Accounting

#12 in South Africa

#1478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

57. Durban University of Technology

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South Africa | Durban

For Accounting

#13 in South Africa

#1491 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

58. Bayero University Kano

For Accounting

#17 in Nigeria

#1504 in the World

Enrollment: 45,810
Founded: 1975

59. Usmanu Danfodio University

Nigeria | Sokoto

For Accounting

#18 in Nigeria

#1516 in the World

Founded: 1975

60. University of Uyo

For Accounting

#19 in Nigeria

#1524 in the World

Founded: 1991

61. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Nigeria | Ogbomoso

For Accounting

#20 in Nigeria

#1540 in the World

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

62. Rhodes University

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South Africa | Makhanda

For Accounting

#14 in South Africa

#1547 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

63. University for Development Studies

For Accounting

#5 in Ghana

#1553 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 13,132
Founded: 1992

64. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Accounting

#1562 in the World

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

65. University of the Western Cape

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South Africa | Bellville

For Accounting

#15 in South Africa

#1576 in the World

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

66. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Accounting

#21 in Nigeria

#1596 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

67. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Accounting

#1 in Mauritius

#1629 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

68. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Accounting

#1 in Zambia

#1653 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

69. Landmark University

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

For Accounting

#22 in Nigeria

#1669 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Founded: 2011

70. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Accounting

#1710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

71. Assiut University

For Accounting

#10 in Egypt

#1760 in the World

Founded: 1957

72. Kumasi Technical University

For Accounting

#6 in Ghana

#1766 in the World

Founded: 1954

73. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture

Nigeria | Umuahia

For Accounting

#23 in Nigeria

#1769 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

74. Osun State University

Nigeria | Osogbo

For Accounting

#24 in Nigeria

#1770 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Founded: 2007

75. Adekunle Ajasin University

Nigeria | Akungba Akoko

For Accounting

#25 in Nigeria

#1790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1982

76. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Accounting

#26 in Nigeria

#1792 in the World

Founded: 2002

77. Afe Babalola University

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Accounting

#27 in Nigeria

#1796 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 2009

78. Vaal University of Technology

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South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Accounting

#16 in South Africa

#1821 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

79. Helwan University

For Accounting

#11 in Egypt

#1831 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

80. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Accounting

#7 in Ghana

#1835 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

81. Nasarawa State University

Nigeria | Keffi

For Accounting

#28 in Nigeria

#1845 in the World

Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 2002

82. Ebonyi State University

Nigeria | Abakaliki

For Accounting

#29 in Nigeria

#1862 in the World

Founded: 2000

83. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

For Accounting

#8 in Ghana

#1884 in the World

Founded: 1961

84. Lagos State University

For Accounting

#30 in Nigeria

#1885 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

85. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Accounting

#1887 in the World

86. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Accounting

#31 in Nigeria

#1901 in the World

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

87. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Accounting

#1904 in the World

88. Strathmore University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Accounting

#5 in Kenya

#1987 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 8,189
Founded: 2002

89. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

For Accounting

#32 in Nigeria

#1993 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Founded: 2000

90. University of Abuja

Nigeria | Abuja

For Accounting

#33 in Nigeria

#1997 in the World

Enrollment: 35,372
Founded: 1988

91. Kaduna State University

Nigeria | Kaduna

For Accounting

#34 in Nigeria

#1998 in the World

Founded: 2004

92. Kogi State University

Nigeria | Anyigba

For Accounting

#35 in Nigeria

#2019 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1999

93. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Accounting

#36 in Nigeria

#2045 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

94. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Accounting

#2069 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 2001

95. Niger Delta University

Nigeria | Wilberforce Island

For Accounting

#37 in Nigeria

#2073 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2000

96. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Accounting

#2085 in the World

97. Midlands State University

Zimbabwe | Gweru

For Accounting

#2092 in the World

Enrollment: 22,000
Founded: 2000

98. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Accounting

#12 in Egypt

#2112 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

99. Al Akhawayn University

Morocco | Ifrane

For Accounting

#2113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

100. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Accounting

#2115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983