Best Universities for Finance in Africa

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Africa ranked based on their research performance in Finance. A graph of 1.82M citations received by 151K academic papers made by 296 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.

8. University of Ghana

For Finance

#1 in Ghana
#479 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1948

9. Cairo University

For Finance

#1 in Egypt
#496 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
207,853
Founded
1908

11. University of Sfax

For Finance

#1 in Tunisia
#566 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
33,193

12. University of the Free State

For Finance

#644 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
37,000
Founded
1904

13. Mansoura University

For Finance

#2 in Egypt
#693 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1972

14. University of Ibadan

For Finance

#1 in Nigeria
#766 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
41,269
Founded
1948

15. University of Nigeria

For Finance

#2 in Nigeria
#799 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1960

16. Covenant University

For Finance

#3 in Nigeria
#809 in the World
Acceptance Rate
89%
Founded
2002

17. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Finance

#4 in Nigeria
#818 in the World
Acceptance Rate
7%
Enrollment
32,480
Founded
1962

18. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Finance

#2 in Ghana
#905 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Enrollment
85,000
Founded
1951

20. University of Nairobi

For Finance

#1 in Kenya
#916 in the World
Acceptance Rate
66%
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1970

22. Makerere University

For Finance

#1 in Uganda
#922 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1922

24. Ain Shams University

For Finance

#3 in Egypt
#976 in the World
Enrollment
220,000
Founded
1950

25. University of Lagos

For Finance

#5 in Nigeria
#996 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
48,680
Founded
1962

26. University of the Western Cape

For Finance

#1005 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

28. Alexandria University

For Finance

#4 in Egypt
#1033 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
197,278
Founded
1942

29. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Finance

#6 in Nigeria
#1043 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1991

30. University of Cape Coast

For Finance

#3 in Ghana
#1119 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1962

36. American University in Cairo

For Finance

#5 in Egypt
#1273 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
6,857
Founded
1919

37. Zagazig University

For Finance

#6 in Egypt
#1295 in the World
Enrollment
117,299
Founded
1974

39. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Finance

#7 in Nigeria
#1333 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
23,100
Founded
1981

40. University of Mauritius

For Finance

#1 in Mauritius
#1348 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1965

41. University of Ilorin

For Finance

#8 in Nigeria
#1354 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
76,000
Founded
1975

42. Kenyatta University

For Finance

#3 in Kenya
#1361 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1985

48. University of Calabar

For Finance

#11 in Nigeria
#1488 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
40,645
Founded
1975

51. Ahmadu Bello University

For Finance

#12 in Nigeria
#1550 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

52. Rivers State University

For Finance

#13 in Nigeria
#1564 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1980

53. University of Benin

For Finance

#14 in Nigeria
#1568 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1970

54. University of Dar es Salaam

For Finance

#1 in Tanzania
#1608 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
45,155
Founded
1970

55. University for Development Studies

For Finance

#4 in Ghana
#1611 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Enrollment
13,132
Founded
1992

57. Babcock University

For Finance

#15 in Nigeria
#1635 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1999

60. University of Limpopo

For Finance

#1651 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

61. Helwan University

For Finance

#9 in Egypt
#1670 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1975

64. University of Zimbabwe

For Finance

#1 in Zimbabwe
#1707 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
20,399
Founded
1955

66. Olabisi Onabanjo University

For Finance

#17 in Nigeria
#1766 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Founded
1982

68. University of Malawi

For Finance

#1 in Malawi
#1781 in the World
Enrollment
10,500
Founded
1964

70. Moi University

For Finance

#4 in Kenya
#1807 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Founded
1984

72. Lagos State University

For Finance

#20 in Nigeria
#1825 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1983

73. University of Zambia

For Finance

#1 in Zambia
#1881 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1965

74. University of Professional Studies, Accra

For Finance

#5 in Ghana
#1890 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
26,703
Founded
1965

75. Beni-Suef University

For Finance

#12 in Egypt
#1911 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
2005

76. Benha University

For Finance

#13 in Egypt
#1918 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
88,016
Founded
1976

79. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Finance

#1971 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Enrollment
35,047
Founded
2005

81. Menoufia University

For Finance

#14 in Egypt
#1996 in the World
Enrollment
80,000
Founded
1976

87. German University in Cairo

For Finance

#15 in Egypt
#2156 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
2003

88. Adekunle Ajasin University

For Finance

#23 in Nigeria
#2209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Founded
1982

90. Jimma University

For Finance

#2 in Ethiopia
#2221 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1983

93. University of Education, Winneba

For Finance

#7 in Ghana
#2245 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
1992

94. Bayero University Kano

For Finance

#26 in Nigeria
#2254 in the World
Enrollment
45,810
Founded
1975

95. Suez Canal University

For Finance

#16 in Egypt
#2272 in the World
Enrollment
40,317
Founded
1976

96. British University in Egypt

For Finance

#17 in Egypt
#2280 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
12,178
Founded
2005

98. University of Abuja

For Finance

#28 in Nigeria
#2311 in the World
Enrollment
35,372
Founded
1988

99. Nasarawa State University

For Finance

#29 in Nigeria
#2334 in the World
Enrollment
35,000
Founded
2002