Top 50 Universities in Africa

From Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, this is their ranking for African Universities ;

TOP 50 AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES

ranking	World Rank	University	Det.	Country	Presence Rank*	Impact Rank*	Openness Rank*	Excellence Rank*
1	328	University of Cape Town			1039	568	352	267
2	462	Stellenbosch University			757	1120	214	454
3	474	Cairo University			760	449	1236	633
4	494	University of Pretoria			404	1247	162	608
5	563	University of the Witwatersrand			1383	1334	356	414
6	830	University of Kwazulu Natal			2013	1534	1349	559
7	855	University of Nairobi			330	2579	29	1400
8	1022	University of the Western Cape			1144	1827	990	1236
9	1050	American University in Cairo			1182	974	1149	2207
10	1074	University of South Africa			379	2131	465	1918
11	1167	Mansoura University			1423	1674	2878	1047
12	1178	University of Johannesburg			2544	3059	413	1004
13	1213	Makerere University			2177	3293	714	880
14	1341	Rhodes University			1622	1858	3122	1313
15	1401	Covenant University Ota			3072	1154	925	2983
16	1419	Benha University			2194	1779	1415	2252
17	1448	Alexandria University			1142	3192	2961	996
18	1474	North West University			2274	4581	457	1229
19	1761	University of Ghana			3856	4204	1345	1451
20	1781	Université Djillali Liabes			8305	1336	4414	1850
21	1791	Obafemi Awolowo University			963	2406	3825	2333
22	1798	Université Kasdi Merbah Ouargla			2229	2259	376	3826
23	1803	Addis Ababa University			1954	5885	837	1444
24	1822	University of Namibia			2009	2666	1815	2630
25	1868	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University			4181	2696	3272	1759
26	1874	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology			3195	4754	693	1944
27	1918	University of Khartoum			47	5967	2214	2094
28	1922	Zagazig University			2698	5333	1645	1374
29	2026	Assiut University			2867	6368	1443	1280
30	2044	University of the Free State			3094	4746	3009	1339
31	2292	Kafrelsheikh University			1013	5609	3751	1798
32	2295	University of Zambia			3330	7563	824	1749
33	2297	Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen			2049	6955	488	2477
34	2310	University of Ibadan			5659	4795	3294	1487
35	2321	Université Constantine 1 (Ex Université Mentouri)			2188	7018	1041	2094
36	2384	Cape Peninsula University of Technology			4207	5322	1502	2333
37	2475	University of Dar Es Salaam			3215	4368	4473	2094
38	2491	Kenyatta University			891	6422	2515	2477
39	2507	Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar			6393	4820	3471	1822
40	2542	University of Zimbabwe			5120	6125	2401	1839
41	2554	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene			4907	6571	2736	1589
42	2565	Minia University			2244	8709	1824	1711
43	2597	University of Lagos			6137	4448	3273	2252
44	2624	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology			2105	7283	1335	2564
45	2742	University of Ilorin			3802	7486	986	2586
46	2795	University of Botswana			4384	6035	2989	2252
47	2827	Université Mohammed V Souissi			2938	8197	1163	2586
48	2886	Suez Canal University			3291	9776	3172	1243
49	2957	Durban University of Technology			640	6695	1966	3695
50	2973	Helwan University			2481	6740	5234	1973

culled from www.webometrics.info