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Africa Top 100 Institutions Rankings 2024

"AD Scientific Index" is the only university/institution ranking system that analyzes the distribution of scientists in an institution according to the 3, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 percentiles. In addition to the country, continent and world ranking of all institutions, the "Type of Institution" section provides the ranking of universities separately among All Universities, Private Universities and Public Universities is given separately. You can also find the rankings of institutions, companies and hospitals. The "AD Scientific Index" University Ranking will not only show the areas in which a university is best or focused, but also reflect the results of the institutions' scientist recruitment policies. This feature reveals the ability of institutions to attract successful scientists and the ability of institutions to promote advances and retain scientists. See also: University Subject Rankings

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			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %3	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	237	University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	290	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	56	1204	38	163	307	443	560	684	818	992	1,097	1,152	1,204
2	2	425	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1514	David M. Richardson	56	1100	26	88	207	308	418	522	648	801	919	1,005	1,100
3	3	442	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	1590	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	56	997	25	85	180	282	365	455	533	648	778	885	997
4	4	591	University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	3584	Mike Wingfield	56	858	11	59	167	271	365	468	532	621	700	779	858
5	5	623	University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	7983	Fernando Albericio	56	886	10	55	142	220	282	348	420	571	724	814	886
6	6	728	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	865	Loan Truong ⁱ	56	1039	9	44	112	178	240	313	421	610	780	913	1,039
1	7	791	Cairo University	Egypt	1908	Public	771	Ali Ellithi ⁱ	94	1315	7	39	113	230	356	484	535	560	595	804	1,315
2	8	923	Mansoura University	Egypt	1972	Public	24756	Maysaa El Sayed Zaki ⁱ	94	1238	5	31	108	210	357	510	679	881	1,095	1,201	1,238
3	9	1028	Ain Shams University	Egypt	1950	Public	2520	Amr Radi ⁱ	94	1606	4	26	75	154	245	354	416	467	703	1,109	1,606
7	10	1031	North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8724	Christo Venter ⁱ	56	459	6	26	70	127	192	258	303	343	427	457	459
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4	11	1072	Assiut University	Egypt	1957	Public	22635	ايمان مصطفي محمد جفلان	94	486	2	24	77	157	256	376	441	466	476	481	486
8	12	1143	University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	11944	Roy Maartens	56	390	3	22	51	90	116	162	218	273	334	365	390
1	13	1300	University of Nairobi	Kenya	1970	Public	70739	Manasi Kumar ⁱ	81	1101	0	18	54	141	228	311	365	437	654	916	1,101
5	14	1316	Beni Suef University	Egypt	2005	Public	31363	Mohamed Ahmed	94	229	2	18	42	82	134	175	195	204	210	218	229
6	15	1349	Alexandria University	Egypt	1942	Public	12998	MS El Naschie	94	504	2	17	57	114	212	301	352	379	417	457	504
7	16	1352	Zagazig University	Egypt	1974	Public	19918	Mohamed Abd Elaziz	94	420	3	17	53	104	160	223	303	376	403	413	420
9	17	1361	Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	15336	Tebello Nyokong	56	265	3	17	44	74	103	122	142	168	202	240	265
10	18	1363	University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	6767	Eno E. Ebenso	56	983	3	17	42	78	124	183	272	434	624	789	983
1	19	1394	University of Ghana	Ghana	1948	Public	37148	Dwomoa Adu	84	861	1	16	65	109	167	230	318	429	528	687	861
1	20	1395	University of Ibadan	Nigeria	1948	Public	3420	Oye Gureje ⁱ	284	568	4	16	64	140	212	260	277	281	290	343	568
8	21	1449	Tanta University	Egypt	1972	Public	39109	Ammar H Elsheikh	94	787	1	15	53	112	190	284	434	630	747	774	787
9	22	1455	National Research Center, Egypt	Egypt	1956	Institution	46378	A. Hebeish	94	577	1	15	50	116	188	290	378	462	512	560	577
1	23	1463	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia	1950	Public	32738	Girmay Medhin	52	348	4	15	42	66	80	103	137	197	263	310	348
11	24	1572	University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	31275	HC Swart	56	352	2	13	39	64	95	132	182	242	285	324	352
10	25	1583	Kafr El Sheikh University	Egypt	2006	Public	23684	Sabry Shaheen	94	711	4	13	34	66	90	129	195	297	435	557	711
1	26	1590	Makerere University	Uganda	1922	Public	12435	Nelson Sewankambo ⁱ	40	414	2	13	31	61	97	125	185	241	299	372	414
1	27	1655	Université de Sfax	Tunisia	1986	Public	14897	Moncef Nasri	25	905	2	12	41	99	165	252	357	508	674	815	905
1	28	1665	Université Mohammed V de Rabat	Morocco	1957	Public	182	Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli ⁱ	50	469	2	12	36	64	101	129	161	204	286	367	469
2	29	1707	World Agroforestry (ICRAF)	Kenya	1978	Institution	7709	Meine Van Noordwijk\|Noordwijk, Meine van, van Noordwijk, Meine	81	72	4	12	23	31	42	54	59	65	71	72	72
11	30	1859	Al Azhar University	Egypt	1961	Public	78506	Gomaa AM Ali	94	470	0	10	37	63	92	134	208	262	300	360	470
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12	31	1904	Menoufia University	Egypt	1976	Public	44076	Raouf El Mallawany	94	1057	3	10	22	47	85	126	215	384	628	780	1,057
12	32	1939	National Institute for Communicable Diseases	South Africa	2002	Institution	12307	Lynn Morris	56	57	3	10	17	25	31	39	44	48	49	54	57
2	33	1976	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology	Ghana	1952	Public	71334	Ellis Owusu Dabo ⁱ	84	732	0	9	35	82	151	223	331	467	529	600	732
13	34	2024	South African Medical Research Council	South Africa	1969	Institution	10124	Carl Lombard	56	72	2	9	22	30	34	46	56	63	67	69	72
14	35	2026	Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	49938	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	56	223	0	9	21	36	49	75	100	126	157	200	223
15	36	2043	Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	39180	Faizal Bux	56	178	2	9	18	35	47	56	76	98	112	148	178
1	37	2053	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	Tanzania	2007	Public	62010	Mecky Matee	53	119	0	9	17	28	33	42	54	72	90	105	119
2	38	2116	Université de Monastir	Tunisia	2004	Public	50752	Sassi Ben Nasrallah	25	90	0	8	24	36	47	57	68	78	86	89	90
2	39	2229	University of Nigeria	Nigeria	1960	Public	26107	Obinna E. Onwujekwe ⁱ	284	366	1	7	51	126	235	321	354	364	365	365	366
13	40	2244	American University in Cairo	Egypt	1919	Private	7356	Ahmed M Hamed ⁱ	94	500	2	7	30	55	81	114	147	201	283	371	500
3	41	2260	Federal University of Technology Akure	Nigeria	1981	Public	26144	Ganiyu Oboh	284	553	1	7	23	45	75	98	121	197	322	445	553
14	42	2273	South Valley University	Egypt	1995	Public	61034	Muhammad Salman	94	150	0	7	21	33	49	69	104	127	139	145	150
16	43	2317	University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	15590	AJ Afolayan	56	252	2	7	15	30	42	55	81	121	161	224	252
3	44	2331	International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)	Kenya	1994	Institution	6537	Philip Thornton	81	60	2	7	14	20	29	31	42	53	57	59	60
1	45	2365	University of Khartoum	Sudan	1956	Public	65142	Ahmed Hassan Fahal	48	220	0	7	11	16	25	39	48	53	89	153	220
3	46	2380	University of Health and Allied Sciences	Ghana	2011	Public	28774	Seth Owusu Agyei	84	152	3	7	10	17	29	43	57	84	106	133	152
4	47	2429	University of Lagos	Nigeria	1962	Public	84984	Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo	284	719	0	6	26	56	98	133	162	225	335	515	719
15	48	2435	Helwan University	Egypt	1975	Public	55070	Ahmed Abdel Moneim	94	672	0	6	24	47	79	118	181	275	386	535	672
5	49	2445	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria	1962	Public	64277	Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ⁱ	284	462	0	6	22	43	76	115	193	300	394	440	462
3	50	2450	Université de Tunis el Manar	Tunisia	1987	Public	15421	Adel Trabelsi	25	55	1	6	22	29	41	48	53	54	54	55	55
16	51	2451	Suez Canal University	Egypt	1976	Public	12647	Waleed E. Mahmoud	94	479	2	6	21	42	72	111	159	200	281	376	479
2	52	2453	Sokoine University of Agriculture	Tanzania	1984	Public	64897	Rudovick Kazwala	53	343	0	6	20	47	73	106	134	171	225	291	343
17	53	2454	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa	South Africa	1945	Institution	14281	Suprakas Sinha Ray	56	341	1	6	20	37	60	95	139	192	261	311	341
2	54	2501	Université Hassan II de Casablanca	Morocco	1975	Public	47	Abdeslam Hoummada ⁱ	50	442	2	6	16	27	38	53	86	151	231	364	442
6	55	2518	International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)	Nigeria	1967	Institution	38108	Ranajit Bandyopadhyay	284	66	1	6	15	19	23	32	36	44	60	66	66
17	56	2559	Zewail City of Science and Technology	Egypt	2011	Public	102	Ahmed Ali Abdelalim ⁱ	94	153	2	6	13	17	19	27	36	52	74	106	153
1	57	2599	Djillali Liabes university of Sidi Bel Abbes	Algeria	1989	Public	3394	Abdelouahed Tounsi	109	356	2	6	10	16	23	32	40	63	99	195	356
18	58	2614	Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa	South Africa	1968	Institution	13683	Karl Peltzer	56	80	2	6	9	19	25	37	47	58	71	76	80
18	59	2662	Benha University	Egypt	1976	Public	87196	Haitham M Yousof	94	1445	0	5	28	68	125	187	234	304	529	837	1,445
3	60	2697	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University	Morocco	2014	Private	24846	Belmabkhout Youssef	50	209	1	5	19	30	36	46	68	94	121	164	209
7	61	2699	University of Ilorin	Nigeria	1975	Public	94406	Musa Toyin Yakubu	284	707	0	5	18	64	112	170	226	356	467	533	707
19	62	2736	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	1989	Timothy D Noakes	56	267	1	5	15	29	51	67	95	139	177	224	267
19	63	2739	Damietta University	Egypt	2012	Public	71319	Ashraf El Bindary	94	418	0	5	15	26	45	69	108	170	226	305	418
4	64	2787	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology	Kenya	1965	Institution	34635	Zeyaur R Khan	81	74	2	5	13	17	23	27	36	51	67	74	74
20	65	2812	Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute	Egypt	1974	Institution	55699	MA Deyab	94	103	0	5	12	19	24	31	49	65	81	93	103
21	66	2880	British University in Egypt	Egypt	2005	Private	703	Yasser Assran ⁱ	94	174	3	5	9	16	27	38	60	84	123	143	174
20	67	2949	Africa Health Research Institute	South Africa	2016	Institution	14975	Willem Hanekom	56	23	2	5	6	6	7	9	10	15	19	23	23
4	68	3054	Université de Carthage	Tunisia	1987	Public	99310	Mosbah Amlouk	25	51	0	4	14	28	38	46	48	48	49	51	51
22	69	3076	Sohag University	Egypt	2006	Public	39565	Ibrahim A. Abbas	94	63	1	4	13	19	36	52	62	62	63	63	63
8	70	3083	Nnamdi Azikiwe University	Nigeria	1991	Public	63851	Joshua O. Ighalo	284	405	0	4	12	29	67	136	261	371	394	401	405
23	71	3104	Aswan University	Egypt	2012	Public	58097	Ahmed M Rashad	94	257	0	4	11	30	53	71	98	134	178	212	257
1	72	3108	University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1955	Public	57796	Jephat Chifamba	21	142	0	4	11	21	34	47	68	92	107	124	142
3	73	3130	University of Dar Es Salaam	Tanzania	1970	Public	79940	Audax Zp Mabulla	53	450	0	4	10	28	49	78	117	185	282	376	450
1	74	3145	University of Mauritius	Mauritius	1965	Public	20913	Rajesh Jeewon	8	124	1	4	10	12	21	35	42	66	88	110	124
21	75	3160	Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4729	Richard M. Cowling	56	195	2	4	9	24	36	53	73	107	141	174	195
24	76	3173	Suez University	Egypt	2012	Public	93912	Afaf El-Sagheer	94	84	0	4	9	14	20	23	31	43	58	68	84
1	77	3191	University of Malawi	Malawi	1964	Public	50490	Ken Maleta	13	72	0	4	8	18	23	29	36	47	53	67	72
25	78	3212	Fayoum University	Egypt	2005	Public	1010	Mohammed Attia Mahmoud ⁱ	94	429	1	4	7	18	35	66	110	172	238	318	429
22	79	3242	South African Astronomical Observatory	South Africa	1972	Institution	44120	D. Buckley ⁱ	56	14	1	4	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	12	14
4	80	3248	Université Moulay Ismail Meknès	Morocco	1989	Public	107609	Zakia Hammouch	50	222	0	4	6	12	21	42	72	101	147	194	222
26	81	3256	Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute	Egypt	1972	Institution	75353	Mohamed M. Rashad	94	49	0	4	6	8	13	19	31	35	41	46	49
9	82	3314	Covenant University Ota	Nigeria	2002	Private	126554	Moses M. Solomon	284	338	0	3	29	72	111	147	186	244	288	314	338
5	83	3322	Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech	Morocco	1978	Public	45844	Mohamed Hafidi	50	343	1	3	21	33	52	70	100	151	203	260	343
10	84	3324	Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria	1962	Public	11121	Shafiu Mohammed ⁱ	284	193	1	3	19	38	71	102	118	127	137	167	193
11	85	3334	University of Calabar	Nigeria	1975	Public	84714	A. Egrinya Eneji	284	574	0	3	17	38	81	143	182	282	425	458	574
6	86	3339	Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah Fes	Morocco	1975	Public	107987	Abdelmajid Jamil	50	260	0	3	16	34	63	93	138	185	243	256	260
23	87	3369	University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	79048	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	56	151	0	3	14	21	33	47	63	92	115	135	151
2	88	3391	University of Gondar	Ethiopia	1954	Public	74547	Azamal Husen	52	114	0	3	13	22	31	38	50	75	86	98	114
1	89	3398	University of Zambia	Zambia	1965	Public	118920	Robert Serpell	18	404	0	3	12	23	44	63	104	178	258	332	404
3	90	3399	Bahir Dar University	Ethiopia	2001	Public	142719	Bayeh Abera Beyene	52	196	0	3	12	29	43	55	76	107	143	174	196
27	91	3408	Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology	Egypt	2010	Public	10732	Ayman Mahrous ⁱ	94	175	1	3	12	19	25	32	37	54	81	113	175
2	92	3415	Université Setif 1 Ferhat Abbas Setif	Algeria	1978	Public	41021	Zoubida Zaidi ⁱ	109	164	1	3	11	26	43	61	74	83	108	150	164
5	93	3426	Moi University	Kenya	1984	Public	58702	Fabian Esamai	81	337	0	3	11	22	28	40	61	102	159	250	337
28	94	3561	Delta University for Science & Technology	Egypt	2007	Private	12064	Ae Kabeel	94	117	1	3	8	8	14	18	21	32	48	71	117
24	95	3567	South African National Biodiversity Institute	South Africa	2004	Institution	85309	Tony Rebelo	56	50	0	3	8	9	12	19	23	31	44	49	50
25	96	3583	University of Limpopo	South Africa	2005	Public	120840	Olawale Fatoki	56	212	0	3	7	18	23	32	60	98	147	186	212
4	97	3594	Ifakara Health Institute	Tanzania	1956	Institution	75960	Honorati Masanja	53	55	0	3	7	12	18	23	32	41	47	51	55
1	98	3628	University of Namibia	Namibia	1992	Public	11411	Riaan Steenkamp ⁱ	5	127	2	3	6	11	30	48	76	102	124	126	127
1	99	3635	Université d'Abomey Calavi	Benin	1970	Public	97912	Achille Assogbadjo	7	132	0	3	6	13	23	39	54	72	95	114	132
5	100	3721	Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College	Tanzania	1997	Private	137617	Rachel Manongi	53	23	0	3	5	6	10	13	14	15	16	17	23

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Africa Top 100 Institutions Rankings 2024

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