Best Value University Rankings in Africa 2026

Rank	University	Percentage Ranking (Continent)	Country	Type
1	University of Cape Town	1 %	South Africa	Public
2	University of the Witwatersrand	2 %	South Africa	Public
3	University of Ibadan	2 %	Nigeria	Public
4	Stellenbosch University	3 %	South Africa	Public
5	University of Johannesburg	3 %	South Africa	Public
6	University of KwaZulu-Natal	4 %	South Africa	Public
7	University of Lagos	4 %	Nigeria	Public
8	Durban University of Technology	5 %	South Africa	Public
9	University of Pretoria	5 %	South Africa	Public
10	Bayero University Kano	6 %	Nigeria	Public
11	Covenant University	6 %	Nigeria	Private
12	University of the Free State	7 %	South Africa	Public
13	North-West University	7 %	South Africa	Public
14	University of Fort Hare	8 %	South Africa	Public
15	Rhodes University	8 %	South Africa	Public
16	University of Venda	9 %	South Africa	Public
17	Tshwane University of Technology	10 %	South Africa	Public
18	Federal University of Technology Akure	10 %	Nigeria	Public
19	University of the Western Cape	11 %	South Africa	Public
20	University of Port Harcourt	11 %	Nigeria	Public
21	Obafemi Awolowo University	12 %	Nigeria	Public
22	University of Nigeria	12 %	Nigeria	Public
23	University of Ilorin	13 %	Nigeria	Public
24	University of Benin	13 %	Nigeria	Public
25	Cape Peninsula University of Technology	14 %	South Africa	Public