Best Universities for Management 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 Management. A graph of 2.66M citations received by 210K academic papers made by 313 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

South Africa | Pretoria

For Management

#1 in South Africa

#346 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Management

#2 in South Africa

#418 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Management

#3 in South Africa

#487 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Management

#4 in South Africa

#492 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

5. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Management

#5 in South Africa

#498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

6. Cairo University

For Management

#1 in Egypt

#510 in the World

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

7. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Management

#6 in South Africa

#573 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Founded: 1873

8. University of Sfax

For Management

#585 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

9. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Management

#7 in South Africa

#600 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

10. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Management

#8 in South Africa

#702 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 2004

11. Ain Shams University

For Management

#2 in Egypt

#822 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

12. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Management

#3 in Egypt

#842 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

13. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Management

#4 in Egypt

#923 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

14. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Management

#5 in Egypt

#942 in the World

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

15. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Management

#948 in the World

16. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Management

#960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

17. University of Ghana

For Management

#1 in Ghana

#981 in the World

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

18. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Management

#9 in South Africa

#1057 in the World

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

19. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Management

#6 in Egypt

#1073 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

20. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Management

#1099 in the World

21. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Management

#1 in Uganda

#1111 in the World

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

22. Assiut University

For Management

#7 in Egypt

#1180 in the World

Founded: 1957

23. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Management

#1 in Kenya

#1206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

24. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Management

#1225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

25. Helwan University

For Management

#8 in Egypt

#1248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

26. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Management

#1252 in the World

Enrollment: 98,720
Male:Female: 54:46

27. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Management

#1265 in the World

28. Benha University

For Management

#9 in Egypt

#1270 in the World

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

29. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Management

#2 in Ghana

#1285 in the World

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

30. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Management

#1296 in the World

Enrollment: 19,311

31. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Management

#10 in South Africa

#1311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

32. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Management

#10 in Egypt

#1314 in the World

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

33. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Management

#1316 in the World

34. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Management

#1329 in the World

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

35. Covenant University

For Management

#1338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

36. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Management

#1339 in the World

37. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Management

#1366 in the World

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

38. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Management

#1367 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Enrollment: 1,400

39. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Management

#2 in Kenya

#1368 in the World

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

40. Tanta University

For Management

#11 in Egypt

#1373 in the World

Founded: 1972

41. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Management

#1386 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

42. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Management

#12 in Egypt

#1400 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

43. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Management

#1453 in the World

Founded: 1993

44. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Management

#1464 in the World

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

45. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Management

#11 in South Africa

#1495 in the World

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

46. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Management

#1504 in the World

Enrollment: 54,549

47. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Management

#1514 in the World

Founded: 1950

48. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Management

#12 in South Africa

#1559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

49. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Management

#1560 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

50. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Management

#1579 in the World

Founded: 1964

51. Aswan University

For Management

#13 in Egypt

#1583 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

52. Minia University

For Management

#14 in Egypt

#1607 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

53. University of Biskra

Algeria | Biskra

For Management

#1621 in the World

Enrollment: 31,588

54. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Management

#1648 in the World

Enrollment: 17,040

55. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Management

#1650 in the World

56. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Management

#13 in South Africa

#1668 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2002

57. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Management

#1685 in the World

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

58. University of Jijel

Algeria | Jijel

For Management

#1777 in the World

59. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Management

#1783 in the World

60. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Management

#1 in Mauritius

#1795 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

61. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Management

#14 in South Africa

#1808 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Enrollment: 35,047
Founded: 2005

62. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Management

#3 in Ghana

#1828 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

63. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Management

#1840 in the World

64. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Management

#15 in Egypt

#1907 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

65. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Management

#1919 in the World

66. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Management

#1970 in the World

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

67. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Management

#16 in Egypt

#2009 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

68. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Management

#2023 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

69. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Management

#2027 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

70. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Management

#3 in Kenya

#2037 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

71. University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Management

#2051 in the World

Enrollment: 18,484

72. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Management

#15 in South Africa

#2068 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

73. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Management

#2080 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

74. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Management

#2089 in the World

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

75. Al-Azhar University

For Management

#17 in Egypt

#2100 in the World

Founded: 1961

76. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Management

#10 in Algeria

#2118 in the World

Enrollment: 39,916

77. Nile University

Egypt | Sheikh Zayed City

For Management

#18 in Egypt

#2139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 500
Founded: 2006

78. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Management

#10 in Nigeria

#2144 in the World

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

79. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Management

#16 in South Africa

#2153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

80. University of Boumerdes

Algeria | Boumerdes

For Management

#11 in Algeria

#2191 in the World

81. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Management

#1 in Zambia

#2192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

82. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Management

#11 in Nigeria

#2197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

83. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Management

#12 in Nigeria

#2201 in the World

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

84. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Management

#13 in Nigeria

#2213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

85. University of Malawi

For Management

#1 in Malawi

#2218 in the World

Founded: 1964

86. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Management

#2226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

87. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Management

#17 in South Africa

#2265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

88. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Management

#2279 in the World

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

89. South Valley University - Qena

For Management

#19 in Egypt

#2298 in the World

Founded: 1995

90. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Management

#18 in South Africa

#2346 in the World

Enrollment: 11,074
Founded: 1916

91. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Management

#2384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

92. Fayoum University

For Management

#20 in Egypt

#2419 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

93. Pedagogical University

Mozambique | Maputo

For Management

#1 in Mozambique

#2437 in the World

Founded: 1985

94. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Management

#4 in Ghana

#2451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

95. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Management

#4 in Kenya

#2456 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

96. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Management

#21 in Egypt

#2508 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

97. University of Laghouat

Algeria | Laghouat

For Management

#12 in Algeria

#2528 in the World

98. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Management

#13 in Algeria

#2531 in the World

99. Namibia University of Science and Technology

Namibia | Windhoek

For Management

#2543 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1985

100. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Management

#2549 in the World

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