Best Universities for Management in Africa

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Management. A graph of 1.58M citations received by 171K academic papers made by 290 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

#341 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Management

#2 in South Africa

#391 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Management

#3 in South Africa

#484 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Management

#4 in South Africa

#488 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

5. Cairo University

For Management

#1 in Egypt

#531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 257,200
Founded: 1908

6. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Management

#5 in South Africa

#589 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

7. University of Sfax

For Management

#608 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

8. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Management

#6 in South Africa

#638 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

9. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Management

#7 in South Africa

#646 in the World

Enrollment: 420,000
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1873

10. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Management

#8 in South Africa

#761 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Enrollment: 26,439
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 2004

11. Ain Shams University

For Management

#2 in Egypt

#837 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

12. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Management

#3 in Egypt

#860 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

13. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Management

#4 in Egypt

#909 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

14. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Management

#929 in the World

15. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Management

#5 in Egypt

#959 in the World

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

16. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Management

#1035 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

17. University of Ghana

For Management

#1 in Ghana

#1067 in the World

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

18. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Management

#6 in Egypt

#1100 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

19. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Management

#1121 in the World

20. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Management

#9 in South Africa

#1125 in the World

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

21. Assiut University

For Management

#7 in Egypt

#1153 in the World

Founded: 1957

22. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Management

#1208 in the World

23. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Management

#1 in Uganda

#1253 in the World

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

24. National Polytechnic School, Algeria

Algeria | Algiers

For Management

#1264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

25. Helwan University

For Management

#8 in Egypt

#1281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

26. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Management

#1283 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

27. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Management

#9 in Egypt

#1289 in the World

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

28. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Management

#1305 in the World

29. Benha University

For Management

#10 in Egypt

#1308 in the World

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

30. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Management

#10 in South Africa

#1318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

31. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Management

#1361 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

32. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Management

#1362 in the World

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

33. Tanta University

For Management

#11 in Egypt

#1364 in the World

Founded: 1972

34. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Management

#1366 in the World

Founded: 1993

35. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Management

#1392 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

36. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Management

#1403 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

37. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Management

#1413 in the World

38. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Management

#1419 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

39. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Management

#12 in Egypt

#1437 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

40. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Management

#11 in South Africa

#1448 in the World

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

41. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Management

#2 in Ghana

#1459 in the World

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

42. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Management

#1472 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

43. Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

Algeria | Setif

For Management

#1478 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%

44. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Management

#12 in South Africa

#1498 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

45. Aswan University

For Management

#13 in Egypt

#1540 in the World

Enrollment: 1,898
Founded: 2012

46. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Management

#1579 in the World

Founded: 1964

47. Covenant University

For Management

#1595 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

48. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Management

#1599 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

49. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Management

#1 in Kenya

#1603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

50. University of Biskra

Algeria | Biskra

For Management

#1621 in the World

51. Minia University

For Management

#14 in Egypt

#1623 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

52. Gabes University

Tunisia | Gabes

For Management

#1624 in the World

53. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Management

#2 in Kenya

#1641 in the World

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

54. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Management

#1648 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

55. University of Jijel

Algeria | Jijel

For Management

#1656 in the World

56. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Management

#1672 in the World

Founded: 1950

57. University of Batna 1

Algeria | Batna

For Management

#1775 in the World

58. University of Constantine 1

Algeria | Constantine

For Management

#1791 in the World

59. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Management

#1 in Mauritius

#1820 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

60. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Management

#13 in South Africa

#1824 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

61. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Management

#14 in South Africa

#1864 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 10,213
Founded: 2002

62. University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Management

#1872 in the World

63. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Management

#15 in Egypt

#1887 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

64. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Management

#1955 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

65. Nile University

Egypt | Sheikh Zayed City

For Management

#16 in Egypt

#2008 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 500
Founded: 2006

66. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Management

#15 in South Africa

#2014 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

67. Al-Azhar University

For Management

#17 in Egypt

#2048 in the World

Founded: 1961

68. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Management

#18 in Egypt

#2062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

69. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Management

#2063 in the World

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

70. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Management

#10 in Algeria

#2111 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

71. University of Boumerdes

Algeria | Boumerdes

For Management

#11 in Algeria

#2161 in the World

72. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Management

#2172 in the World

Enrollment: 22,270
Male:Female: 52:48

73. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Management

#2174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

74. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Management

#3 in Ghana

#2183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

75. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Management

#2185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Enrollment: 17,672
Founded: 1981

76. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Management

#2217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 18,040
Founded: 1955

77. South Valley University - Qena

For Management

#19 in Egypt

#2285 in the World

Founded: 1995

78. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Management

#2361 in the World

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

79. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Management

#2399 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

80. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Management

#16 in South Africa

#2436 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

81. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Management

#12 in Algeria

#2437 in the World

82. University of Laghouat

Algeria | Laghouat

For Management

#13 in Algeria

#2439 in the World

Enrollment: 23,000

83. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Management

#17 in South Africa

#2442 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

84. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Management

#10 in Nigeria

#2444 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

85. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Management

#11 in Nigeria

#2474 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

86. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Management

#2481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

87. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Management

#1 in Zambia

#2504 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

88. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Management

#20 in Egypt

#2514 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

89. University of Malawi

For Management

#1 in Malawi

#2537 in the World

Founded: 1964

90. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Management

#12 in Nigeria

#2569 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

91. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Management

#18 in South Africa

#2571 in the World

Founded: 1916

92. Sohag university

Egypt | Nasser City

For Management

#21 in Egypt

#2583 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 2006

93. Fayoum University

For Management

#22 in Egypt

#2587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

94. Namibia University of Science and Technology

Namibia | Windhoek

For Management

#2588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1985

95. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Management

#13 in Nigeria

#2615 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

96. Central University of Technology

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Management

#19 in South Africa

#2621 in the World

Founded: 1981

97. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Management

#2631 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

98. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Management

#3 in Kenya

#2632 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

99. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Management

#4 in Kenya

#2687 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

100. 20 August 1955 University of Skikda

Algeria | Skikda

For Management

#14 in Algeria

#2709 in the World