Best Value University Rankings in Africa 2026

Rank	University	Percentage Ranking (Continent)	Country	Type
1	Stellenbosch University	1 %	South Africa	Public
2	University of Cape Town	1 %	South Africa	Public
3	University of Pretoria	1 %	South Africa	Public
4	Cairo University	1 %	Egypt	Public
5	University of the Witwatersrand	2 %	South Africa	Public
6	University of Johannesburg	2 %	South Africa	Public
7	American University in Cairo	2 %	Egypt	Private
8	University of KwaZulu-Natal	2 %	South Africa	Public
9	Makerere University	2 %	Uganda	Public
10	University of Nairobi	3 %	Kenya	Public
11	Alexandria University	3 %	Egypt	Public
12	University Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem	3 %	Algeria	Public
13	Blida 1 University	3 %	Algeria	Public
14	Mansoura University	4 %	Egypt	Public
15	University of the Free State	4 %	South Africa	Public
16	North-West University	4 %	South Africa	Public
17	Rhodes University	4 %	South Africa	Public
18	University of Ibadan	4 %	Nigeria	Public
19	Nelson Mandela University	5 %	South Africa	Public
20	University of the Western Cape	5 %	South Africa	Public
21	Ain Shams University	5 %	Egypt	Public
22	University of Lagos	5 %	Nigeria	Public
23	St. Lawrence University – Uganda	6 %	Uganda	Private
24	University of Port Harcourt	6 %	Nigeria	Public
25	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	6 %	South Africa	Public