Best Information Technology Universities in Africa [2026 Rankings]

1

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

For Information Technology

#2 in South Africa #132 in the World

58% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2005 Founded

2

South Africa | Durban

University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Information Technology

#3 in South Africa #147 in the World

63% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

2004 Founded

3

South Africa | Pretoria

University of Pretoria

For Information Technology

#4 in South Africa #173 in the World

52% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1908 Founded

4

South Africa | Cape Town

University of Cape Town

For Information Technology

#5 in South Africa #215 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1874 Founded

5

Nigeria | Ibadan

University of Ibadan

For Information Technology

#1 in Nigeria #291 in the World

11% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1948 Founded

6

South Africa | Potchefstroom

North-West University

For Information Technology

#7 in South Africa #429 in the World

83% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

7

Ghana | Legon

University of Ghana

For Information Technology

#1 in Ghana #438 in the World

18% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

8

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela University

For Information Technology

#11 in South Africa #542 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

2005 Founded

9

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand

For Information Technology

#12 in South Africa #565 in the World

34% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1922 Founded

10

South Africa | Bellville

University of the Western Cape

For Information Technology

#13 in South Africa #747 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1959 Founded

11

Egypt | Giza

Cairo University

For Information Technology

#3 in Egypt #771 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1908 Founded

12

Ghana | Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Information Technology

#3 in Ghana #837 in the World

54% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

13

Kenya | Nairobi

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

For Information Technology

#3 in Kenya #635 in the World

16% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

14

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

University of Port Harcourt

For Information Technology

#10 in Nigeria #850 in the World

15% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

15

South Africa | Pretoria

Tshwane University of Technology

For Information Technology

#10 in South Africa #541 in the World

89% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2003 Founded

16

Kenya | Nairobi

Kenyatta University

For Information Technology

#4 in Kenya #996 in the World

70% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

17

Nigeria | Ilorin

University of Ilorin

For Information Technology

#11 in Nigeria #879 in the World

75% Acceptance

76,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

18

South Africa | Pretoria

University of South Africa

For Information Technology

#1 in South Africa #114 in the World

61% Acceptance

420,000 Enrollment

1873 Founded

19

Kenya | Nairobi

University of Nairobi

For Information Technology

#1 in Kenya #404 in the World

66% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

20

Nigeria | Awka

Nnamdi Azikiwe University

For Information Technology

#4 in Nigeria #636 in the World

12% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1991 Founded

21

South Africa | Stellenbosch

University of Stellenbosch

For Information Technology

#9 in South Africa #443 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1918 Founded

22

Morocco | Casablanca

Hassan II University of Casablanca

For Information Technology

#1 in Morocco #363 in the World

60% Acceptance

13,000 Enrollment

23

Nigeria | Ota

Covenant University

For Information Technology

#3 in Nigeria #628 in the World

89% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2002 Founded

24

Uganda | Kampala

Makerere University

For Information Technology

#1 in Uganda #900 in the World

50% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

25

Morocco | Rabat

Mohammed V University

For Information Technology

#2 in Morocco #806 in the World

50% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

26

Nigeria | Ife

Obafemi Awolowo University

For Information Technology

#2 in Nigeria #306 in the World

7% Acceptance

32,480 Enrollment

1962 Founded

27

Mozambique | Maputo

Pedagogical University

For Information Technology

#1 in Mozambique #722 in the World

29% Acceptance

37,968 Enrollment

1985 Founded

28

Nigeria | Nsukka

University of Nigeria

For Information Technology

#9 in Nigeria #797 in the World

38% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

29

Botswana | Gaborone

University of Botswana

For Information Technology

#1 in Botswana #277 in the World

61% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

1964 Founded

30

Namibia | Windhoek

Namibia University of Science and Technology

For Information Technology

#1 in Namibia #935 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

31

Nigeria | Lagos

University of Lagos

For Information Technology

#5 in Nigeria #688 in the World

11% Acceptance

48,680 Enrollment

1962 Founded

32

Egypt | New Cairo

American University in Cairo

For Information Technology

#1 in Egypt #240 in the World

90% Acceptance

6,857 Enrollment

1919 Founded

33

Nigeria | Ado Ekiti

Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti

For Information Technology

#7 in Nigeria #744 in the World

10% Acceptance

32,480 Enrollment

1982 Founded

34

South Africa | Kwadlangezwa

University of Zululand

For Information Technology

#14 in South Africa #766 in the World

45% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

1960 Founded

35

Egypt | Cairo

Ain Shams University

For Information Technology

#2 in Egypt #517 in the World

73% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

36

Nigeria | Abraka

Delta State University, Abraka

For Information Technology

#8 in Nigeria #769 in the World

60% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

37

South Africa | Alice

University of Fort Hare

For Information Technology

#8 in South Africa #439 in the World

64% Acceptance

11,074 Enrollment

1916 Founded

38

Ghana | Cape Coast

University of Cape Coast

For Information Technology

#2 in Ghana #813 in the World

60% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1962 Founded

39

Nigeria | Calabar

University of Calabar

For Information Technology

#6 in Nigeria #742 in the World

30% Acceptance

40,645 Enrollment

1975 Founded

40

South Africa | Cape Town

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Information Technology

#6 in South Africa #347 in the World

91% Acceptance

35,047 Enrollment

2005 Founded

41

Kenya | Eldoret

Moi University

For Information Technology

#2 in Kenya #592 in the World

93% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1984 Founded

42

Nigeria | Akure

Federal University of Technology, Akure

For Information Technology

#12 in Nigeria #883 in the World

49% Acceptance

23,100 Enrollment

1981 Founded

43

South Africa | Durban

Durban University of Technology

For Information Technology

#15 in South Africa #873 in the World

75% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2002 Founded

43 Best Universities in Africa for Information Technology

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