Only seven Kenyan varsities made it to Africa’s top 100

By Joylene Sing'oei

Only seven Kenyan universities made it to the top 100 universities and colleges in Africa, according to 2013 World University Web Ranking.

South Africa scooped the first top five positions with University of Cape Town ranked number one in Africa.

University of South Africa came second, University of Pretoria (Third),  Universiteit Stellenbosch (Fourth) and University of the Witwatersrand (Fifth).

University of Nairobi is the top institution in Kenya at number 17 followed by Strathmore University at position 44.

JKUAT emerged number 56, Kenyatta University (61), USIU (77), Egerton (80) and Moi University (85)

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Below is the full list:

1 University of Cape Town- South Africa

2 University of South Africa -South Africa

3 University of Pretoria                -South Africa

4 Universiteit Stellenbosch-South Africa

5 University of the Witwatersrand-South Africa

6 University of Dar es Salaam-Tanzania

7 Cairo University-Egypt

8 University of KwaZulu-Natal-South Africa

9 The American University in Cairo-Egypt

10 Makerere University               -Uganda

11 Rhodes University-South Africa

12 University of the Western Cape-South Africa

13 Mansoura University-Egypt

14 University of Johannesburg-South Africa

15 Université Cheikh Anta Diop                -Senegal

16 Assiut University-Egypt

17 University of Nairobi-Kenya

18 Zagazig University-Egypt

19 University of Botswana-Botswana

20 Université Mohammed V – Agdal-Morocco

21 University of Ghana -Ghana

22 Universiteit van die Vrystaat               -South Africa

23 University of Ibadan                -Nigeria

24 Addis Ababa University-Ethiopia

25 North-West University-South Africa

26 Alexandria University-Egypt

27 Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University-South Africa

28 University of Zambia-Zambia

29 Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediène-Algeria

30 The German University in Cairo-Egypt

31 Obafemi Awolowo University-Nigeria

32 Universidade Eduardo Mondlane-Mozambique

33 University of Mauritius-Mauritius

34 Ain Shams University-Egypt

35 University of Lagos-Nigeria

36 Tanta University-Egypt

37 Université de Ouagadougou                -Burkina Faso

38 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-Ghana

39 Université de la Reunion-Reunion

40 Université Nationale du Rwanda-Rwanda

41 Helwan University-Egypt

42 Cape Peninsula University of Technology-South Africa

43 University of Zululand-South Africa

44 Strathmore University-Kenya

45 Université Cadi Ayyad-Morocco

46 Al Akhawayn University-Morocco

47 Université d'Alger-Algeria

48 Université Mentouri de Constantine               -Algeria

49 Université Badji Mokhtar de Annaba               -Algeria

50 Université d'Oran-Algeria

51 Université Hassan II – Casablanca-Morocco

52 University of Fort Hare-South Africa

53 Université Abdelmalek Essadi-Morocco

54 Ahmadu Bello University-Nigeria

55 Jaamacada Muqdisho-Somalia

56 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology-Kenya

57 University of Swaziland-Swaziland

58 University of Ilorin-Nigeria

59 Sudan University of Science and Technology               -Sudan

60 Université Mohammed V – Souissi- Morocco

61  Kenyatta University-Kenya

62 University of Khartoum-Sudan

63 University of Namibia-Namibia

64 Université de Batna-Algeria

65 University of Malawi-Malawi

66 Benha University-Egypt

67 Université Hassan II – Mohammedia-Morocco

68 Al-Azhar University-Egypt

69 Fayoum University-Egypt

70 Université de la Manouba-Tunisia

71 University of Benin-Nigeria

72 Minoufiya University-Egypt

73 Durban University of Technology-South Africa

74 Université de Tunis El Manar-Tunisia

75 Université de Carthage-Tunisia

76 Tshwane University of Technology-South Africa

77 United States International University-Kenya

78 Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen-Algeria

79 Polytechnic of Namibia-Namibia

80 Egerton University-Kenya

81 Université de Gabès                -Tunisia

82 Université de Sousse-Tunisia

83 Université d'Antananarivo-Madagascar

84 Minia University-Egypt

85 Moi University-Kenya

86 Université de Nouakchott-Mauritania

87 Université Mouloud Maameri de Tizi Ouzou-Algeria

88 University of Venda-South Africa

89 Central University of Technology-South Africa

90  Université Ibn Tofail               -Morocco

91 University of Zimbabwe-Zimbabwe

92 Suez Canal University-Egypt

93 University of Cape Coast-Ghana

94 Misr International University               -Egypt

95 University of Jos-Nigeria

96 University of Maiduguri-Nigeria

97 University of Limpopo-South Africa

98 The Hubert Kairuki Memorial University-Tanzania

99 Jimma University-Ethiopia

100 Modern Sciences and Arts University-Egypt