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Africa Top 100 Public Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 Years Citations)

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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
			University of Cape Town	South Africa	1874	Public	265	Sahal Yacoob ⁱ	74	1278	51	211	381	543	696	846	1,007	1,088	1,138	1,205	1,278
			Stellenbosch University	South Africa	1918	Public	1575	David M. Richardson	74	1203	28	122	261	400	530	681	818	903	984	1,078	1,203
			University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	1922	Public	1353	Bruce Mellado ⁱ	74	1222	31	104	241	350	458	557	668	784	907	1,065	1,222
			University of Kwazulu Natal	South Africa	2004	Public	8242	Fernando Albericio	74	1087	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,087
			Cairo University	Egypt	1908	Public	797	Ali Ellithi ⁱ	99	1313	9	55	174	343	490	543	562	580	697	950	1,313
			University of Pretoria	South Africa	1908	Public	3707	Mike Wingfield	74	1022	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,022
			Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia	1950	Public	27974	Teshome Soromessa	64	649	6	23	56	79	109	151	207	264	298	331	649
			University of Gondar	Ethiopia	1954	Public	76251	Azamal Husen	64	318	0	6	20	34	60	102	129	150	174	188	318
			Ain Shams University	Egypt	1950	Public	2302	Amr Radi ⁱ	99	1605	7	36	112	223	354	425	488	657	945	1,242	1,605
			Mekelle University	Ethiopia	1993	Public	182431	Emiru Birhane	64	287	0	1	12	24	48	68	92	120	140	160	287
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			Mansoura University	Egypt	1972	Public	24307	Maysaa El Sayed Zaki ⁱ	99	1237	6	55	164	329	527	720	909	1,067	1,154	1,204	1,237
			University of Johannesburg	South Africa	2005	Public	788	Loan Truong ⁱ	74	1286	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,286
			Assiut University	Egypt	1957	Public	22303	ايمان مصطفي محمد جفلان	99	485	4	34	112	245	375	446	465	474	478	481	485
			North West University	South Africa	2004	Public	8623	Christo Venter ⁱ	74	463	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	463
			University of Ibadan	Nigeria	1948	Public	3436	Oye Gureje ⁱ	308	568	5	27	99	200	260	279	283	287	320	423	568
			Bahir Dar University	Ethiopia	2001	Public	138324	Bayeh Abera Beyene	64	321	0	5	20	42	58	90	112	140	169	188	321
			University of South Africa	South Africa	1873	Public	6702	Eno E. Ebenso	74	1252	4	20	58	116	185	295	459	610	770	989	1,252
			Kafr El Sheikh University	Egypt	2006	Public	22310	Sabry Shaheen	99	710	7	19	49	86	144	209	316	422	508	573	710
			Zagazig University	Egypt	1974	Public	17990	Mohamed Abd Elaziz	99	746	5	25	79	147	232	329	378	399	410	413	746
			Alexandria University	Egypt	1942	Public	13346	MS El Naschie	99	504	3	22	89	195	301	354	381	412	442	472	504
			Haramaya University	Ethiopia	1954	Public	171516	Mekonnen Sisay ⁱ	64	168	0	1	10	21	26	38	59	73	82	97	168
			Tanta University	Egypt	1972	Public	34758	Ammar H Elsheikh	99	1084	2	23	86	177	296	475	658	742	772	779	1,084
			University of the Western Cape	South Africa	1959	Public	11810	Roy Maartens	74	432	5	28	74	108	164	226	285	325	363	400	432
			Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology	Ghana	1952	Public	69304	Fred Stephen Sarfo	84	730	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	730
			University of Ghana	Ghana	1948	Public	36269	Dwomoa Adu	84	860	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	860
			Beni Suef University	Egypt	2005	Public	35131	Mohamed Ahmed	99	228	5	22	58	121	174	194	201	207	211	218	228
			Menoufia University	Egypt	1976	Public	41076	Raouf El Mallawany\|Scopus I.D.: 7003506640	99	1056	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,056
			Université Mohammed V de Rabat	Morocco	1957	Public	177	Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli ⁱ	54	468	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	468
			Makerere University	Uganda	1922	Public	12266	Nelson Sewankambo ⁱ	44	413	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	413
			University of the Free State	South Africa	1904	Public	30587	HC Swart	74	436	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	436
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			Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria	1962	Public	59541	Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan ⁱ	308	462	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	462
			Université de Sfax	Tunisia	1986	Public	15262	Moncef Nasri	25	900	3	19	64	148	255	376	521	647	761	836	900
			University of Lagos	Nigeria	1962	Public	82665	Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo	308	718	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	718
			University of Fort Hare	South Africa	1916	Public	15324	AJ Afolayan	74	277	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	277
			University of Health and Allied Sciences	Ghana	2011	Public	28230	Seth Owusu Agyei	84	151	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	151
			Debre Markos University	Ethiopia	2005	Public	162078	Getachew Mullu Kassa ⁱ	64	148	0	2	4	7	14	24	35	49	68	80	148
			University of Nairobi	Kenya	1970	Public	72379	Manasi Kumar ⁱ	89	1100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,100
			Rhodes University	South Africa	1904	Public	15724	Tebello Nyokong	74	310	3	23	61	94	122	148	175	198	238	277	310
			Tshwane University of Technology	South Africa	2003	Public	48691	Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku	74	257	1	13	27	45	78	103	127	155	188	224	257
			Helwan University	Egypt	1975	Public	51134	Ahmed Abdel Moneim	99	892	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	892
			South Valley University	Egypt	1995	Public	56479	Muhammad Salman	99	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150
			University of Cape Coast	Ghana	1962	Public	99065	David Teye Doku ⁱ	84	377	0	4	26	68	103	122	123	132	168	266	377
			Université Hassan II de Casablanca	Morocco	1975	Public	41	Abdeslam Hoummada ⁱ	54	481	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	481
			Djillali Liabes university of Sidi Bel Abbes	Algeria	1989	Public	3299	Abdelouahed Tounsi	109	356	2	7	12	23	33	45	69	95	142	232	356
			Debre Berhan University	Ethiopia	2007	Public	314631	Yared Asmare Aynalem ⁱ	64	125	0	0	1	2	12	25	40	50	62	69	125
			Al Azhar University	Egypt	1961	Public	76139	Gomaa AM Ali	99	471	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	471
			University of Nigeria	Nigeria	1960	Public	25526	Obinna E. Onwujekwe ⁱ	308	366	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	366
			Suez Canal University	Egypt	1976	Public	11991	Waleed E. Mahmoud	99	478	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	478
			Durban University of Technology	South Africa	2002	Public	38227	Faizal Bux	74	197	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	197
			Federal University of Technology Akure	Nigeria	1981	Public	25627	Ganiyu Oboh	308	551	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	551
			Ahmadu Bello University	Nigeria	1962	Public	9752	Shafiu Mohammed ⁱ	308	191	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	191
			Cape Peninsula University of Technology	South Africa	2005	Public	2053	Timothy D Noakes	74	301	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	301
			Aswan University	Egypt	2012	Public	56505	Ahmed M Rashad	99	256	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	256
			Fayoum University	Egypt	2005	Public	1087	Mohammed Attia Mahmoud ⁱ	99	429	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	429
			Zewail City of Science and Technology	Egypt	2011	Public	130	Ahmed Ali Abdelalim ⁱ	99	153	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	153
			Jimma University	Ethiopia	1952	Public	172164	Argaw Ambelu	64	344	0	3	16	42	58	92	118	155	182	202	344
			University of Mauritius	Mauritius	1965	Public	20602	Rajesh Jeewon	10	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	124
			Université Setif 1 Ferhat Abbas Setif	Algeria	1978	Public	42038	Zoubida Zaidi ⁱ	109	164	2	4	17	40	63	75	87	105	127	156	164
			University of Benin	Nigeria	1970	Public	50040	Friday Okonofua	308	422	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	422
			Arba Minch University	Ethiopia	1986	Public	252158	Aseer Manilal	64	229	0	0	4	9	23	36	55	77	103	130	229
			University of Jos	Nigeria	1975	Public	257325	Emmanuel Idoko Agaba	308	222	0	0	9	21	29	30	58	122	166	206	222
			Nelson Mandela University	South Africa	2005	Public	4721	Richard M. Cowling	74	224	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	224
			Wollega University	Ethiopia	2007	Public	358227	Getahun Fetensa ⁱ	64	129	0	0	4	7	9	18	24	37	50	69	129
			University of Namibia	Namibia	1992	Public	11278	Riaan Steenkamp ⁱ	5	127	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	127
			University of Ilorin	Nigeria	1975	Public	84488	Adewale George Adeniyi	308	706	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	706
			Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech	Morocco	1978	Public	46853	Mohamed Hafidi	54	343	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	343
			Sohag University	Egypt	2006	Public	38682	Ibrahim A. Abbas	99	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	63
			Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah Fes	Morocco	1975	Public	104256	Amine Allouhi	54	355	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	355
			Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	Tanzania	2007	Public	60226	Mecky Matee	62	119	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	119
			Nnamdi Azikiwe University	Nigeria	1991	Public	59074	Joshua O. Ighalo	308	405	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	405
			Egypt Japan University of Science & Technology	Egypt	2010	Public	10627	Ayman Mahrous ⁱ	99	175	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	175
			Nile University	Egypt	2006	Public	46687	Ahmed G Radwan	99	189	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	189
			Université de Tunis el Manar	Tunisia	1987	Public	15137	Adel Trabelsi	25	55	2	8	27	39	49	53	54	54	55	55	55
			University of Venda	South Africa	1982	Public	76810	Pascal O. Bessong, Massaf	74	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	150
			Damanhour University	Egypt	2010	Public	162338	Maged Wasfy Helmy	99	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75
			Minia University	Egypt	1976	Public	53351	Abdel Hamid M	99	369	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	369
			Université Ibnou Zohr d'Agadir	Morocco	1989	Public	29555	Rachid SALGHI	54	374	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	374
			University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1955	Public	53544	Jephat Chifamba	21	141	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	141
			University of Sadat City	Egypt	2013	Public	104587	Mohamed Sabry Abd Elraheam Elsayed	99	273	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	273
			University of Khartoum	Sudan	1956	Public	64097	Muntaser Ibrahim ⁱ	50	220	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	220
			University of Malawi	Malawi	1964	Public	49324	Ken Maleta	16	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	72
			Ladoke Akintola University of Technology	Nigeria	1990	Public	59315	Olugbenga Solomon Bello	308	406	1	3	24	51	89	127	175	226	279	344	406
			Lagos State University	Nigeria	1983	Public	74412	Abiodun O. Adewuya	308	301	0	5	19	33	49	62	74	106	152	236	301
			Damietta University	Egypt	2012	Public	69081	Ashraf El Bindary	99	417	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	417
			University of Botswana	Botswana	1982	Public	154867	Peter Vuylsteke	14	91	0	3	12	22	37	52	64	72	81	86	91
			Maseno University	Kenya	1991	Public	130428	Paul Oburu	89	107	0	3	8	19	36	45	48	48	49	54	107
			University of Zululand	South Africa	1960	Public	105616	Neerish Revaprasadu	74	137	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	137
			Université de Dschang	Cameroon	1993	Public	13538	Victor Kuete	16	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55
			Hawassa University	Ethiopia	1999	Public	104214	Baseem Khan	64	187	0	1	3	9	18	37	48	64	80	93	187
			Université 08 Mai 1945 Guelma	Algeria	1986	Public	123981	Yallese Mohamed Athmane	109	200	0	2	7	20	33	42	52	59	70	106	200
			Central University of Technology	South Africa	1981	Public	76328	Igor Yadroitsev (Ihar Yadroitsau)	74	117	0	2	6	12	21	39	49	61	83	98	117
			University of Abuja	Nigeria	1988	Public	251105	Fatima Kyari	308	91	0	0	5	13	22	29	31	32	40	59	91
			University of Buea	Cameroon	1992	Public	175938	George B. Chuyong	16	68	0	2	5	14	24	33	42	45	52	61	68
			University of Embu	Kenya	1947	Public	124240	Mugendi Daniel Njiru	89	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	113
			Université de Lomé	Togo	1970	Public	147296	Akpagana Koffi	4	35	0	2	3	6	11	16	20	24	27	31	35
			Tobruk University	Libya	2016	Public	410405	Ahmad Bouhuwaish ⁱ	33	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41
			Université de Bejaia	Algeria	1983	Public	62335	Khodir Madani	109	361	0	2	13	23	52	99	145	185	217	298	361
			Université Ibn Tofail Kénitra	Morocco	1989	Public	80315	Ahmed Elharfi	54	323	0	1	7	18	36	64	83	118	191	251	323
			Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti	Nigeria	1982	Public	154728	Joseph Fadare	308	376	0	1	4	18	44	98	167	219	292	345	376
			Université de Mascara	Algeria	1986	Public	38585	Khenata Rabah	109	166	2	2	6	11	20	40	69	87	89	100	166

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Africa Top 100 Public Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 Years Citations)

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A New and Different Feature!!!! University Subject Rankings in 12 subjects:

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