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 1.6M citations received by 147K academic papers made by 293 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
#492 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
67,914
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1948

9. Cairo University

For Finance

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

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
#698 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1972

14. University of Ibadan

For Finance

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

15. University of Nigeria

For Finance

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

16. Covenant University

For Finance

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

17. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Finance

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

18. University of Nairobi

For Finance

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

21. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Finance

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

23. Makerere University

For Finance

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

24. Ain Shams University

For Finance

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

25. University of Lagos

For Finance

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

26. University of the Western Cape

For Finance

#1025 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
24,754
Founded
1959

27. Alexandria University

For Finance

#4 in Egypt
#1030 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
197,278
Founded
1942

29. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Finance

#6 in Nigeria
#1050 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1991

30. University of Cape Coast

For Finance

#3 in Ghana
#1150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1962

34. American University in Cairo

For Finance

#5 in Egypt
#1266 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
6,857
Founded
1919

37. Zagazig University

For Finance

#6 in Egypt
#1323 in the World
Enrollment
117,299
Founded
1974

39. Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Finance

#7 in Nigeria
#1335 in the World
Acceptance Rate
49%
Enrollment
23,100
Founded
1981

40. University of Ilorin

For Finance

#8 in Nigeria
#1350 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Founded
1975

41. University of Mauritius

For Finance

#1 in Mauritius
#1354 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1965

42. Kenyatta University

For Finance

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

46. University of Calabar

For Finance

#11 in Nigeria
#1486 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
40,645
Founded
1975

51. Ahmadu Bello University

For Finance

#12 in Nigeria
#1531 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
49,436
Founded
1962

52. University of Benin

For Finance

#13 in Nigeria
#1548 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1970

53. Rivers State University

For Finance

#14 in Nigeria
#1551 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1980

54. Helwan University

For Finance

#9 in Egypt
#1553 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1975

55. University of Dar es Salaam

For Finance

#1 in Tanzania
#1584 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,000
Founded
1970

57. Babcock University

For Finance

#15 in Nigeria
#1641 in the World
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
130,000
Founded
1999

58. University of Limpopo

For Finance

#1649 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1959

60. University for Development Studies

For Finance

#4 in Ghana
#1662 in the World
Acceptance Rate
16%
Founded
1992

62. University of Zimbabwe

For Finance

#1 in Zimbabwe
#1684 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
20,399
Founded
1955

64. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Finance

#3 in Morocco
#1728 in the World
Enrollment
98,720
Male:Female
54:46

67. Olabisi Onabanjo University

For Finance

#18 in Nigeria
#1763 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Founded
1982

70. Moi University

For Finance

#4 in Kenya
#1790 in the World
Acceptance Rate
93%
Founded
1984

71. Lagos State University

For Finance

#19 in Nigeria
#1816 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Founded
1983

73. University of Zambia

For Finance

#1 in Zambia
#1891 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1965

74. Benha University

For Finance

#12 in Egypt
#1910 in the World
Acceptance Rate
90%
Enrollment
88,016
Founded
1976

76. Beni-Suef University

For Finance

#13 in Egypt
#1930 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
2005

78. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Finance

#1981 in the World
Acceptance Rate
91%
Enrollment
35,047
Founded
2005

79. Menoufia University

For Finance

#14 in Egypt
#1997 in the World
Enrollment
80,000
Founded
1976

86. German University in Cairo

For Finance

#15 in Egypt
#2189 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
2003

88. Adekunle Ajasin University

For Finance

#24 in Nigeria
#2207 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Founded
1982

92. Jimma University

For Finance

#2 in Ethiopia
#2239 in the World
Acceptance Rate
78%
Founded
1983

93. Bayero University Kano

For Finance

#26 in Nigeria
#2265 in the World
Enrollment
45,810
Founded
1975

94. Suez Canal University

For Finance

#16 in Egypt
#2269 in the World
Enrollment
40,317
Founded
1976

95. University of Education, Winneba

For Finance

#7 in Ghana
#2274 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Founded
1992

96. British University in Egypt

For Finance

#17 in Egypt
#2277 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
9,228
Founded
2005

98. University of Abuja

For Finance

#27 in Nigeria
#2307 in the World
Enrollment
35,372
Founded
1988

100. Nasarawa State University

For Finance

#29 in Nigeria
#2319 in the World
Enrollment
35,000
Founded
2002