Best Entrepreneurship Universities in Africa [2026 Rankings]

1

South Africa | Pretoria

University of Pretoria

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in South Africa #119 in the World

52% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1908 Founded

2

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in South Africa #134 in the World

34% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1922 Founded

3

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in South Africa #137 in the World

58% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2005 Founded

4

South Africa | Durban

University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in South Africa #213 in the World

63% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

2004 Founded

5

South Africa | Cape Town

University of Cape Town

For Entrepreneurship

#6 in South Africa #286 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1874 Founded

6

Ghana | Legon

University of Ghana

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Ghana #359 in the World

18% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

7

South Africa | Potchefstroom

North-West University

For Entrepreneurship

#7 in South Africa #377 in the World

83% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

8

South Africa | Bellville

University of the Western Cape

For Entrepreneurship

#13 in South Africa #585 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1959 Founded

9

Ghana | Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Ghana #755 in the World

54% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

10

Nigeria | Ibadan

University of Ibadan

For Entrepreneurship

#8 in Nigeria #778 in the World

11% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1948 Founded

11

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela University

For Entrepreneurship

#17 in South Africa #782 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

2005 Founded

12

Egypt | Giza

Cairo University

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Egypt #940 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1908 Founded

13

Kenya | Nairobi

Kenyatta University

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Kenya #986 in the World

70% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

14

Uganda | Kampala

Makerere University

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Uganda #294 in the World

50% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

15

Nigeria | Ilorin

University of Ilorin

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Nigeria #514 in the World

75% Acceptance

76,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

16

South Africa | Cape Town

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#10 in South Africa #528 in the World

91% Acceptance

35,047 Enrollment

2005 Founded

17

Kenya | Nairobi

University of Nairobi

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Kenya #813 in the World

66% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

18

Nigeria | Awka

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in Nigeria #589 in the World

12% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

19

South Africa | Durban

Durban University of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#16 in South Africa #750 in the World

75% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2002 Founded

20

Namibia | Windhoek

Namibia University of Science and Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Namibia #843 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

21

Nigeria | Ota

Covenant University

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Nigeria #510 in the World

89% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

22

South Africa | Pretoria

Tshwane University of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#8 in South Africa #487 in the World

89% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2003 Founded

23

Nigeria | Uli

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University

For Entrepreneurship

#12 in Nigeria #938 in the World

61% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2000 Founded

24

Nigeria | Ife

Obafemi Awolowo University

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Nigeria #443 in the World

7% Acceptance

32,480 Enrollment

1962 Founded

25

South Africa | Bloemfontein

University of the Free State

For Entrepreneurship

#11 in South Africa #545 in the World

25% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1904 Founded

26

Nigeria | Lagos

Pan-Atlantic University

For Entrepreneurship

#9 in Nigeria #833 in the World

46% Acceptance

35,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

27

Nigeria | Nsukka

University of Nigeria

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Nigeria #462 in the World

38% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

28

South Africa | Pretoria

University of South Africa

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in South Africa #200 in the World

61% Acceptance

420,000 Enrollment

1873 Founded

29

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

For Entrepreneurship

#11 in Nigeria #882 in the World

10% Acceptance

32,480 Enrollment

1982 Founded

30

Nigeria | Lagos

University of Lagos

For Entrepreneurship

#7 in Nigeria #760 in the World

11% Acceptance

48,680 Enrollment

1962 Founded

31

Botswana | Gaborone

University of Botswana

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Botswana #912 in the World

61% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

32

South Africa | Stellenbosch

University of Stellenbosch

For Entrepreneurship

#12 in South Africa #573 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1918 Founded

33

Nigeria | Abraka

Delta State University, Abraka

For Entrepreneurship

#13 in Nigeria #953 in the World

60% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

34

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

University of Zululand

For Entrepreneurship

#18 in South Africa #924 in the World

45% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

35

Egypt | New Cairo

American University in Cairo

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Egypt #802 in the World

90% Acceptance

6,857 Enrollment

1919 Founded

36

Tanzania | Morogoro

Mzumbe University

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Tanzania #841 in the World

42% Acceptance

14,780 Enrollment

2003 Founded

37

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

Rivers State University

For Entrepreneurship

#15 in Nigeria #972 in the World

10% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1980 Founded

38

South Africa | Bloemfontein

Central University of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#15 in South Africa #671 in the World

64% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

1981 Founded

39

Ghana | Cape Coast

University of Cape Coast

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Ghana #737 in the World

60% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1962 Founded

40

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

University of Dar es Salaam

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Tanzania #853 in the World

10% Acceptance

45,155 Enrollment

1970 Founded

41

Nigeria | Ago Iwoye

Olabisi Onabanjo University

For Entrepreneurship

#10 in Nigeria #878 in the World

27% Acceptance

32,480 Enrollment

1982 Founded

42

South Africa | Mthatha

Walter Sisulu University

For Entrepreneurship

#19 in South Africa #977 in the World

67% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

2005 Founded

43

Kenya | Eldoret

Moi University

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Kenya #992 in the World

93% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1984 Founded

44

Tunisia | Sfax

University of Sfax

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Tunisia #231 in the World

8% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

45

Nigeria | Calabar

University of Calabar

For Entrepreneurship

#6 in Nigeria #721 in the World

30% Acceptance

40,645 Enrollment

1975 Founded

46

South Africa | Alice

University of Fort Hare

For Entrepreneurship

#9 in South Africa #494 in the World

64% Acceptance

11,074 Enrollment

1916 Founded

47

Kenya | Nairobi

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Kenya #739 in the World

16% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

48

Tunisia | Sousse

University of Sousse

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Tunisia #583 in the World

34% Acceptance

19,311 Enrollment

49

Nigeria | Ojo

Lagos State University

For Entrepreneurship

#14 in Nigeria #970 in the World

25% Acceptance

48,680 Enrollment

1983 Founded

50

South Africa | Mankweng

University of Limpopo

For Entrepreneurship

#14 in South Africa #670 in the World

45% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1959 Founded

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