Les classements issus de University Web Ranking sont souvent reprochés de favoriser systématiquement les établissements anglophones.
Ces classements sont établis selon une série de critères, notamment la quantité et la qualité des publications ou encore la présence sur les moteurs de recherche.
Voici la liste des Top 50 en Afrique
| 1 |
Cairo University |
Egypt |
| 2 |
University of Cape Town |
South Africa |
| 3 |
University of Pretoria |
South Africa |
| 4 |
Universiteit Stellenbosch |
South Africa |
| 5 |
University of South Africa |
South Africa |
| 6 |
University of the Witwatersrand |
South Africa |
| 7 |
University of the Western Cape |
South Africa |
| 8 |
Ain Shams University |
Egypt |
| 9 |
Alexandria University |
Egypt |
| 10 |
Mansoura University |
Egypt |
| 11 |
University of KwaZulu-Natal |
South Africa |
| 12 |
University of Dar es Salaam |
Tanzania |
| 13 |
The American University in Cairo |
Egypt |
| 14 |
Rhodes University |
South Africa |
| 15 |
Assiut University |
Egypt |
| 16 |
Université Mohammed V – Agdal |
Morocco |
| 17 |
University of Nairobi |
Kenya |
| 18 |
Université de Ouagadougou |
Burkina Faso |
| 19 |
University of Johannesburg |
South Africa |
| 20 |
Makerere University |
Uganda |
| 21 |
University of Botswana |
Botswana |
| 22 |
Zagazig University |
Egypt |
| 23 |
University of Ghana |
Ghana |
| 24 |
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane |
Mozambique |
| 25 |
Obafemi Awolowo University |
Nigeria |
| 26 |
University of Khartoum |
Sudan |
| 27 |
Université Mentouri de Constantine |
Algeria |
| 28 |
Université de la Reunion |
Reunion |
| 29 |
Benha University |
Egypt |
| 30 |
The German University in Cairo |
Egypt |
| 31 |
Université Cheikh Anta Diop |
Senegal |
| 32 |
Addis Ababa University |
Ethiopia |
| 33 |
North-West University |
South Africa |
| 34 |
Sudan University of Science and Tech |
Sudan |
| 35 |
Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen |
Algeria |
| 36 |
University of Namibia |
Namibia |
| 37 |
Al Akhawayn University |
Morocco |
| 37 |
Al Akhawayn University |
Morocco |
| 38 |
University of Rwanda |
Rwanda |
| 39 |
University of Lagos |
Nigeria |
| 40 |
Helwan University |
Egypt |
| 41 |
Université de Tizi Ouzou |
Algeria |
| 42 |
Université de Batna |
Algeria |
| 43 |
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University |
South Africa |
| 44 |
University of Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe |
| 45 |
University of Zambia |
Zambia |
| 46 |
Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis |
Algeria |
| 47 |
Université Abdelmalek Essadi |
Morocco |
| 48 |
Université d’Alger |
Algeria |
| 49 |
Université d’Antananarivo |
Madagascar |
| 50 |
Moi University |
Kenya |
