Best Universities for Marketing 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 Marketing. A graph of 905K citations received by 107K academic papers made by 257 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 Marketing

#1 in South Africa

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

2. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Marketing

#2 in South Africa

#296 in the World

Founded: 1874

3. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Marketing

#3 in South Africa

#353 in the World

Founded: 1918

4. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Marketing

#4 in South Africa

#370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

5. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Marketing

#5 in South Africa

#388 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Marketing

#6 in South Africa

#479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Marketing

#7 in South Africa

#495 in the World

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

8. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Marketing

#8 in South Africa

#506 in the World

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

9. Cairo University

For Marketing

#1 in Egypt

#550 in the World

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

10. University of Ghana

For Marketing

#1 in Ghana

#664 in the World

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

11. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Marketing

#1 in Uganda

#713 in the World

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

12. Ain Shams University

For Marketing

#2 in Egypt

#889 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

13. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Marketing

#9 in South Africa

#893 in the World

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

14. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Marketing

#3 in Egypt

#921 in the World

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

15. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Marketing

#950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

16. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Marketing

#1 in Kenya

#974 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

17. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Marketing

#2 in Ghana

#988 in the World

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

18. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Marketing

#2 in Kenya

#991 in the World

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

19. University of Sfax

For Marketing

#1011 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

20. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Marketing

#10 in South Africa

#1026 in the World

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

21. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Marketing

#1074 in the World

Founded: 1950

22. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Marketing

#4 in Egypt

#1089 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

23. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Marketing

#1103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

24. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Marketing

#11 in South Africa

#1132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

25. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Marketing

#1134 in the World

Founded: 1964

26. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Marketing

#5 in Egypt

#1152 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

27. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Marketing

#6 in Egypt

#1153 in the World

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

28. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Marketing

#1177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

29. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Marketing

#1238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

30. Assiut University

For Marketing

#7 in Egypt

#1245 in the World

Founded: 1957

31. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Marketing

#1250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

32. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Marketing

#1260 in the World

33. Covenant University

For Marketing

#1265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

34. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Marketing

#12 in South Africa

#1266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

35. Helwan University

For Marketing

#8 in Egypt

#1282 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

36. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Marketing

#13 in South Africa

#1287 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

37. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Marketing

#3 in Ghana

#1290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

38. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Marketing

#14 in South Africa

#1295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

39. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Marketing

#1322 in the World

40. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Marketing

#1 in Mauritius

#1432 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

41. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Marketing

#15 in South Africa

#1479 in the World

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

42. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Marketing

#1506 in the World

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

43. Minia University

For Marketing

#9 in Egypt

#1558 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

44. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Marketing

#1582 in the World

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

45. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Marketing

#1583 in the World

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

46. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Marketing

#1587 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

47. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Marketing

#3 in Kenya

#1590 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

48. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Marketing

#1611 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

49. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Marketing

#10 in Egypt

#1613 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

50. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Marketing

#4 in Kenya

#1692 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

51. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Marketing

#1693 in the World

52. Tanta University

For Marketing

#11 in Egypt

#1694 in the World

Founded: 1972

53. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Marketing

#16 in South Africa

#1710 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

54. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Marketing

#1 in Zambia

#1793 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

55. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Marketing

#1795 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

56. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Marketing

#1828 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

57. Jimma University

Ethiopia | Jimma

For Marketing

#1840 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1983

58. Al-Azhar University

For Marketing

#12 in Egypt

#1856 in the World

Founded: 1961

59. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Marketing

#1878 in the World

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

60. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Marketing

#17 in South Africa

#1882 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

61. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Marketing

#1892 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

62. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Marketing

#1912 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

63. University of Malawi

For Marketing

#1 in Malawi

#1916 in the World

Founded: 1964

64. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Marketing

#18 in South Africa

#1917 in the World

Founded: 1916

65. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Marketing

#13 in Egypt

#1919 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

66. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Marketing

#10 in Nigeria

#1962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

67. Namibia University of Science and Technology

Namibia | Windhoek

For Marketing

#1999 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1985

68. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Marketing

#2005 in the World

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

69. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Marketing

#14 in Egypt

#2057 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

70. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Marketing

#11 in Nigeria

#2085 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

71. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Marketing

#2086 in the World

72. Bahir Dar University

Ethiopia | Bahir Dar

For Marketing

#2096 in the World

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

73. University for Development Studies

For Marketing

#4 in Ghana

#2104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

74. University of Gondar

Ethiopia | Gondar

For Marketing

#2105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 49,103
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1954

75. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Marketing

#12 in Nigeria

#2132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

76. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Marketing

#13 in Nigeria

#2140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

77. Benha University

For Marketing

#15 in Egypt

#2199 in the World

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

78. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

For Marketing

#5 in Ghana

#2205 in the World

Founded: 1961

79. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Marketing

#14 in Nigeria

#2207 in the World

Founded: 2002

80. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Marketing

#15 in Nigeria

#2231 in the World

Founded: 1992

81. Sokoine University of Agriculture

Tanzania | Morogoro

For Marketing

#2232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1984

82. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Marketing

#2252 in the World

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

83. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Marketing

#16 in Egypt

#2270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

84. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Marketing

#2340 in the World

85. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Marketing

#16 in Nigeria

#2350 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

86. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Marketing

#19 in South Africa

#2356 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

87. Egerton University

For Marketing

#5 in Kenya

#2370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Founded: 1987

88. Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Marketing

#2390 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 2007

89. Central University of Technology

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Marketing

#20 in South Africa

#2424 in the World

Founded: 1981

90. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Marketing

#2447 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

91. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Marketing

#2483 in the World

Founded: 1993

92. Haramaya University

Ethiopia | Haramaya

For Marketing

#2503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1954

93. Fayoum University

For Marketing

#17 in Egypt

#2540 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 2005

94. University of Education, Winneba

Ghana | Winneba

For Marketing

#6 in Ghana

#2559 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1992

95. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Marketing

#1 in Sudan

#2572 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 41,030
Founded: 1956

96. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Marketing

#2589 in the World

Founded: 1918

97. Mekelle University

Ethiopia | Mekelle

For Marketing

#2603 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Founded: 1991

98. Hawassa University

Ethiopia | Awasa

For Marketing

#2656 in the World

Enrollment: 30,414
Male:Female: 75:25
Founded: 1976

99. University of Bejaia

Algeria | Bejaia

For Marketing

#2658 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%

100. University of Uyo

For Marketing

#17 in Nigeria

#2665 in the World

Founded: 1991