Best Universities for Finance 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 Finance. A graph of 933K citations received by 116K academic papers made by 269 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 Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Finance

#1 in South Africa

#188 in the World

Founded: 1874

2. University of Pretoria

South Africa | Pretoria

For Finance

#2 in South Africa

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 48,174
Founded: 1908

3. University of the Witwatersrand

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Finance

#3 in South Africa

#292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1922

4. University of Stellenbosch

South Africa | Stellenbosch

For Finance

#4 in South Africa

#391 in the World

Founded: 1918

5. University of South Africa

South Africa | Pretoria

For Finance

#5 in South Africa

#412 in the World

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

6. University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa | Durban

For Finance

#6 in South Africa

#416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 2004

7. University of Johannesburg

South Africa | Johannesburg

For Finance

#7 in South Africa

#454 in the World

Enrollment: 49,910
Founded: 2005

8. Cairo University

For Finance

#1 in Egypt

#507 in the World

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

9. University of Ghana

For Finance

#1 in Ghana

#555 in the World

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

10. North-West University

South Africa | Potchefstroom

For Finance

#8 in South Africa

#606 in the World

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

11. University of the Free State

South Africa | Bloemfontein

For Finance

#9 in South Africa

#656 in the World

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

12. University of Sfax

For Finance

#664 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%

13. Mansoura University

Egypt | Mansoura

For Finance

#2 in Egypt

#719 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

14. University of Ibadan

Nigeria | Ibadan

For Finance

#829 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

15. Obafemi Awolowo University

For Finance

#923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Founded: 1962

16. Alexandria University

Egypt | Alexandria

For Finance

#3 in Egypt

#990 in the World

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

17. Ain Shams University

For Finance

#4 in Egypt

#991 in the World

Enrollment: 220,000
Founded: 1950

18. University of Nigeria

Nigeria | Nsukka

For Finance

#992 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1960

19. University of Tunis El Manar

Tunisia | Tunis

For Finance

#994 in the World

20. University of the Western Cape

South Africa | Bellville

For Finance

#10 in South Africa

#1034 in the World

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

21. Covenant University

For Finance

#1050 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2002

22. Makerere University

Uganda | Kampala

For Finance

#1 in Uganda

#1053 in the World

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

23. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Finance

#2 in Ghana

#1057 in the World

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

24. University of Sousse

Tunisia | Sousse

For Finance

#1064 in the World

25. Tunis University

Tunisia | Tunis

For Finance

#1072 in the World

26. University of Nairobi

Kenya | Nairobi

For Finance

#1 in Kenya

#1081 in the World

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

27. University of Lagos

Nigeria | Lagos

For Finance

#1153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1962

28. University of Botswana

Botswana | Gaborone

For Finance

#1191 in the World

Founded: 1964

29. Rhodes University

South Africa | Makhanda

For Finance

#11 in South Africa

#1194 in the World

Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1904

30. American University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Finance

#5 in Egypt

#1221 in the World

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

31. Tanta University

For Finance

#6 in Egypt

#1310 in the World

Founded: 1972

32. University of Cape Coast

Ghana | Cape Coast

For Finance

#3 in Ghana

#1311 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1962

33. Zagazig University

Egypt | Zagazig

For Finance

#7 in Egypt

#1322 in the World

Enrollment: 117,299
Founded: 1974

34. Nelson Mandela University

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

For Finance

#12 in South Africa

#1328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 2005

35. University of Mauritius

Mauritius | Reduit

For Finance

#1 in Mauritius

#1341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1965

36. University of Carthage

Tunisia | Tunis

For Finance

#1387 in the World

Enrollment: 50,314

37. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

Kenya | Nairobi

For Finance

#2 in Kenya

#1416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1994

38. Mohammed V University

Morocco | Rabat

For Finance

#1428 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 67,415

39. Manouba University

Tunisia | Manouba

For Finance

#1451 in the World

Enrollment: 16,315

40. Federal University of Technology, Akure

Nigeria | Akure

For Finance

#1468 in the World

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

41. Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Finance

#1479 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1991

42. University of Ilorin

Nigeria | Ilorin

For Finance

#1516 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1975

43. University of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe | Harare

For Finance

#1563 in the World

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

44. Hassan II University of Casablanca

Morocco | Casablanca

For Finance

#1581 in the World

Enrollment: 99,300

45. University of Dar es Salaam

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

For Finance

#1597 in the World

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

46. University of Monastir

Tunisia | Monastir

For Finance

#1599 in the World

47. Tshwane University of Technology

South Africa | Pretoria

For Finance

#13 in South Africa

#1610 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Founded: 2003

48. Ahmadu Bello University

Nigeria | Zaria

For Finance

#1632 in the World

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

49. University of Port Harcourt

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Finance

#10 in Nigeria

#1637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1975

50. Assiut University

For Finance

#8 in Egypt

#1638 in the World

Founded: 1957

51. Helwan University

For Finance

#9 in Egypt

#1659 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1975

52. Addis Ababa University

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

For Finance

#1674 in the World

Founded: 1950

53. Al-Azhar University

For Finance

#10 in Egypt

#1734 in the World

Founded: 1961

54. Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

Egypt | Alexandria

For Finance

#11 in Egypt

#1750 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1972

55. University of Fort Hare

South Africa | Alice

For Finance

#14 in South Africa

#1752 in the World

Founded: 1916

56. Moi University

Kenya | Eldoret

For Finance

#3 in Kenya

#1775 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Founded: 1984

57. Beni-Suef University

Egypt | Beni Suef

For Finance

#12 in Egypt

#1834 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 2005

58. Benha University

For Finance

#13 in Egypt

#1845 in the World

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

59. University of Malawi

For Finance

#1 in Malawi

#1864 in the World

Founded: 1964

60. University of Benin

Nigeria | Benin

For Finance

#11 in Nigeria

#1868 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1970

61. University of Calabar

Nigeria | Calabar

For Finance

#12 in Nigeria

#1902 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1975

62. University for Development Studies

For Finance

#4 in Ghana

#1924 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Founded: 1992

63. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University

For Finance

#1937 in the World

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

64. Kenyatta University

Kenya | Nairobi

For Finance

#4 in Kenya

#1958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1985

65. Durban University of Technology

South Africa | Durban

For Finance

#15 in South Africa

#1975 in the World

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

66. Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta

Nigeria | Abeokuta

For Finance

#13 in Nigeria

#2015 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Founded: 1988

67. University of Limpopo

South Africa | Mankweng

For Finance

#16 in South Africa

#2022 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1959

68. Cadi Ayyad University

Morocco | Marrakesh

For Finance

#2031 in the World

Enrollment: 29,703

69. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

For Finance

#14 in Nigeria

#2071 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1982

70. Rivers State University

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

For Finance

#15 in Nigeria

#2074 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1980

71. Menoufia University

Egypt | Shibin El Kom

For Finance

#14 in Egypt

#2090 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1976

72. Pan-Atlantic University

Nigeria | Lagos

For Finance

#16 in Nigeria

#2097 in the World

Founded: 2002

73. University of Zululand

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

For Finance

#17 in South Africa

#2132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1960

74. University of Uyo

For Finance

#17 in Nigeria

#2144 in the World

Founded: 1991

75. University of Zambia

Zambia | Lusaka

For Finance

#1 in Zambia

#2146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

76. Cape Peninsula University of Technology

South Africa | Cape Town

For Finance

#18 in South Africa

#2155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 2005

77. Ibn Tofail University

Morocco | Kenitra

For Finance

#2203 in the World

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

78. Suez Canal University

Egypt | Ismailia

For Finance

#15 in Egypt

#2205 in the World

Enrollment: 40,317
Founded: 1976

79. Olabisi Onabanjo University

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

For Finance

#18 in Nigeria

#2227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1982

80. Abdelmalek Essaadi University

Morocco | Tetouan

For Finance

#2240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 36,000

81. British University in Egypt

Egypt | El Shorouk

For Finance

#16 in Egypt

#2262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 9,228
Founded: 2005

82. German University in Cairo

Egypt | New Cairo

For Finance

#17 in Egypt

#2272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2003

83. University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene

Algeria | Algiers

For Finance

#2293 in the World

84. Delta State University, Abraka

Nigeria | Abraka

For Finance

#19 in Nigeria

#2310 in the World

Founded: 1992

85. Lagos State University

For Finance

#20 in Nigeria

#2312 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1983

86. University of Professional Studies, Accra

For Finance

#5 in Ghana

#2354 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1965

87. Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

For Finance

#6 in Ghana

#2375 in the World

Founded: 1961

88. University of Dschang

Cameroon | Dschang

For Finance

#2399 in the World

Founded: 1993

89. University of Annaba

Algeria | Annaba

For Finance

#2402 in the World

Enrollment: 8,443

90. Damietta University

Egypt | Damietta

For Finance

#18 in Egypt

#2405 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 2012

91. Vaal University of Technology

South Africa | Vanderbijlpark

For Finance

#19 in South Africa

#2407 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1966

92. University of Tlemcen

Algeria | Tlemcen

For Finance

#2449 in the World

93. Cheikh Anta Diop University

Senegal | Dakar

For Finance

#2467 in the World

Founded: 1918

94. University of Khartoum

Sudan | Khartoum

For Finance

#1 in Sudan

#2482 in the World

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

95. South Valley University - Qena

For Finance

#19 in Egypt

#2502 in the World

Founded: 1995

96. Minia University

For Finance

#20 in Egypt

#2520 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1976

97. Babcock University

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

For Finance

#21 in Nigeria

#2528 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1999

98. Bayero University Kano

For Finance

#22 in Nigeria

#2530 in the World

Founded: 1975

99. Al Akhawayn University

Morocco | Ifrane

For Finance

#2578 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%

100. Nasarawa State University

Nigeria | Keffi

For Finance

#23 in Nigeria

#2608 in the World

Founded: 2002

Economics subfields in Africa

Actuarial Science27

Agricultural Economics92

Development Studies311

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics183

Environmental Economics58

International Economics41

International Relations and Diplomacy27

International Trade41

Investment Banking and Stock trading74

Political Economy48