Regional profile · 2026

Africa

33 universities across 10 countries, led by University of Cape Town. Africa's collaboration leaders, on the evidence.

Ranked universities

Countries

$72M

Research funding analysed

29,206

Partnerships mapped

Widest partner-country reach

#	University	Partners	Countries	Funding
#121	University of Cape Town	1101	79	$27M
#176	University of the Witwatersrand	1083	80
#225	University of Johannesburg	1080	80
#254	Stellenbosch University	1059	80	$22M
#364	University of Pretoria	1081	78
#408	Cairo University	1107	80
#430	University of KwaZulu-Natal	1035	77
#450	North-West University	984	79
#468	University of Ghana	955	79
#542	Makerere University	884	76	$23M
#592	Alexandria University	1015	76
#639	Ain Shams University	1022	79
#642	Mansoura University	984	73
#646	Addis Ababa University	911	76
#654	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	886	78
#675	University of Ibadan	922	77
#736	University of the Free State	888	77
#747	Assiut University	938	74
#770	University of Nairobi	810	76
#776	Tunis El Manar University	900	75
#795	Al-Azhar University	938	72
#818	Tanta University	897	71
#856	Université de Yaoundé I	801	73
#859	Zagazig University	835	70
#867	University of Nigeria	884	75