Regional profile · 2027

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

3,274

Partnerships mapped

Widest partner-country reach

Provisional order; global ranks reveal at the 1 September 2026 launch.

University	Partners	Countries
University of Cape Town	272	52
University of the Witwatersrand	233	55
University of Johannesburg	213	51
Mohammed V University	160	38
Stellenbosch University	145	40
Ain Shams University	132	47
Cairo University	117	38
Assiut University	127	37
University of Pretoria	107	32
University of South Africa	114	34
Alexandria University	89	26
University of KwaZulu-Natal	99	26
Mansoura University	81	28
North-West University	98	28
Tunis El Manar University	79	28
Addis Ababa University	88	30
Tanta University	69	25
University of Sfax	70	20
University of the Free State	77	29
University of Ibadan	81	23
University of Ghana	89	21
Al-Azhar University	50	18
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	82	21
Zagazig University	65	18
Makerere University	80	18