Best Machine Learning Universities in Africa [2026 Rankings]

1

Egypt | Giza

Cairo University

For Machine Learning

#1 in Egypt #323 in the World

90% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1908 Founded

2

South Africa | Pretoria

University of Pretoria

For Machine Learning

#1 in South Africa #401 in the World

52% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1908 Founded

3

South Africa | Durban

University of KwaZulu-Natal

For Machine Learning

#2 in South Africa #490 in the World

63% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

2004 Founded

4

South Africa | Cape Town

University of Cape Town

For Machine Learning

#3 in South Africa #551 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1874 Founded

5

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of Johannesburg

For Machine Learning

#4 in South Africa #595 in the World

58% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2005 Founded

6

South Africa | Johannesburg

University of the Witwatersrand

For Machine Learning

#5 in South Africa #598 in the World

34% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1922 Founded

7

South Africa | Potchefstroom

North-West University

For Machine Learning

#8 in South Africa #947 in the World

83% Acceptance

37,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

8

Nigeria | Ibadan

University of Ibadan

For Machine Learning

#1 in Nigeria #1001 in the World

11% Acceptance

41,269 Enrollment

1948 Founded

9

Ghana | Legon

University of Ghana

For Machine Learning

#1 in Ghana #1126 in the World

18% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1948 Founded

10

Ghana | Kumasi

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#2 in Ghana #1382 in the World

54% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

11

Ethiopia | Haramaya

Haramaya University

For Machine Learning

#5 in Ethiopia #1721 in the World

78% Acceptance

30,414 Enrollment

1954 Founded

12

South Africa | Bellville

University of the Western Cape

For Machine Learning

#11 in South Africa #1944 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1959 Founded

13

Ghana | Tamale

University for Development Studies

For Machine Learning

#4 in Ghana #2275 in the World

16% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

1992 Founded

14

South Africa | Port Elizabeth

Nelson Mandela University

For Machine Learning

#15 in South Africa #2429 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,200 Enrollment

2005 Founded

15

DR Congo | Kinshasa

University of Kinshasa

For Machine Learning

#1 in DR Congo #3375 in the World

65% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1954 Founded

16

Egypt | Alexandria

Pharos University in Alexandria

For Machine Learning

#37 in Egypt #4707 in the World

75% Acceptance

197,278 Enrollment

2006 Founded

17

Ethiopia | Mizan

Mizan Tepi University

For Machine Learning

#11 in Ethiopia #2706 in the World

62% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

18

Ghana | Cape Coast

University of Cape Coast

For Machine Learning

#3 in Ghana #1623 in the World

60% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1962 Founded

19

Mali | Bamako

University of Social Sciences and Management of Bamako

For Machine Learning

#1 in Mali #4905 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

20

Nigeria | Oyo

Ajayi Crowther University

For Machine Learning

#73 in Nigeria #5389 in the World

83% Acceptance

76,000 Enrollment

2005 Founded

21

Nigeria | Sokoto

Usmanu Danfodio University

For Machine Learning

#29 in Nigeria #3101 in the World

29% Acceptance

52,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

22

South Africa | Mankweng

University of Limpopo

For Machine Learning

#14 in South Africa #2349 in the World

45% Acceptance

48,174 Enrollment

1959 Founded

23

Tunisia | Monastir

University of Monastir

For Machine Learning

#5 in Tunisia #1238 in the World

51% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

24

Algeria | Blida

University of Blida 1

For Machine Learning

#13 in Algeria #2411 in the World

58% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

25

Egypt | Nasser City

Sohag university

For Machine Learning

#28 in Egypt #2631 in the World

75% Acceptance

220,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

26

Ethiopia | Jimma

Jimma University

For Machine Learning

#3 in Ethiopia #1235 in the World

78% Acceptance

37,433 Enrollment

1983 Founded

27

Kenya | Eldoret

University of Eldoret

For Machine Learning

#11 in Kenya #4755 in the World

52% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

2010 Founded

28

Mozambique | Maputo

Pedagogical University

For Machine Learning

#1 in Mozambique #3048 in the World

29% Acceptance

37,968 Enrollment

1985 Founded

29

Nigeria | Lokoja

Federal University, Lokoja

For Machine Learning

#52 in Nigeria #4144 in the World

30% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

30

Nigeria | Port Harcourt

University of Port Harcourt

For Machine Learning

#11 in Nigeria #2203 in the World

15% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

31

Sudan | Khartoum

Al Zaiem Al Azhari University

For Machine Learning

#6 in Sudan #5258 in the World

63% Acceptance

20,463 Enrollment

1993 Founded

32

Uganda | Mbarara

Mbarara University of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#2 in Uganda #3125 in the World

8% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1989 Founded

33

Algeria | Constantine

University of Constantine 1

For Machine Learning

#4 in Algeria #1788 in the World

57% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

34

Algeria | Skikda

20 August 1955 University of Skikda

For Machine Learning

#15 in Algeria #2493 in the World

50% Acceptance

27,462 Enrollment

35

Egypt | Alexandria

Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

For Machine Learning

#12 in Egypt #1344 in the World

73% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

36

Ghana | Accra

Accra Technical University

For Machine Learning

#16 in Ghana #4874 in the World

100% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1949 Founded

37

Lesotho | Maseru

National University of Lesotho

For Machine Learning

#1 in Lesotho #4076 in the World

45% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1945 Founded

38

Nigeria | Abuja

African University of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#57 in Nigeria #4277 in the World

54% Acceptance

26,181 Enrollment

2007 Founded

39

Nigeria | Omu-Aran

Landmark University

For Machine Learning

#18 in Nigeria #2541 in the World

100% Acceptance

26,181 Enrollment

2011 Founded

40

Senegal | Dakar

Cheikh Anta Diop University

For Machine Learning

#1 in Senegal #2714 in the World

68% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

1918 Founded

41

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

For Machine Learning

#2 in Tanzania #3309 in the World

25% Acceptance

2,100 Enrollment

2007 Founded

42

Zimbabwe | Harare

University of Zimbabwe

For Machine Learning

#1 in Zimbabwe #2498 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,399 Enrollment

1955 Founded

43

Cameroon | Buea

University of Buea

For Machine Learning

#3 in Cameroon #3213 in the World

46% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

44

Egypt | Aswan

Aswan University

For Machine Learning

#18 in Egypt #1936 in the World

74% Acceptance

1,898 Enrollment

2012 Founded

45

Ethiopia | Nekemte

Wollega University

For Machine Learning

#10 in Ethiopia #2642 in the World

73% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

46

Kenya | Kericho

University of Kabianga

For Machine Learning

#20 in Kenya #5456 in the World

15% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2009 Founded

47

Mauritania | Nouakchott

University of Science, Technology and Medicine

For Machine Learning

#1 in Mauritania #4975 in the World

58% Acceptance

89,589 Enrollment

48

Nigeria | Ota

Bells University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#59 in Nigeria #4387 in the World

60% Acceptance

26,181 Enrollment

2005 Founded

49

Nigeria | Minna

Federal University of Technology, Minna

For Machine Learning

#16 in Nigeria #2461 in the World

14% Acceptance

26,181 Enrollment

1982 Founded

50

South Africa | Cape Town

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#16 in South Africa #2730 in the World

91% Acceptance

35,047 Enrollment

2005 Founded

51

Tunisia | Tunis

University of Tunis El Manar

For Machine Learning

#3 in Tunisia #1002 in the World

45% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

52

Algeria | Algiers

National Polytechnic School, Algeria

For Machine Learning

#6 in Algeria #1974 in the World

78% Acceptance

1,400 Enrollment

53

Egypt | Qena

South Valley University – Qena

For Machine Learning

#20 in Egypt #2289 in the World

64% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

1995 Founded

54

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa University

For Machine Learning

#2 in Ethiopia #963 in the World

64% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1950 Founded

55

Kenya | Nyeri

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#10 in Kenya #4583 in the World

83% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

56

Namibia | Windhoek

Namibia University of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#2 in Namibia #3691 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,000 Enrollment

1985 Founded

57

Nigeria | Oye-Ekiti

Federal University, Oye-Ekiti

For Machine Learning

#41 in Nigeria #3551 in the World

58% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

58

Nigeria | Benin

University of Benin

For Machine Learning

#14 in Nigeria #2412 in the World

70% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1970 Founded

59

Sudan | Wad Medani

University of Gezira

For Machine Learning

#3 in Sudan #4114 in the World

81% Acceptance

22,500 Enrollment

1975 Founded

60

Uganda | Kampala

Makerere University

For Machine Learning

#1 in Uganda #1211 in the World

50% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1922 Founded

61

Egypt | Damietta

Damietta University

For Machine Learning

#23 in Egypt #2482 in the World

76% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2012 Founded

62

Algeria | Adrar

Ahmed Draia University of Adrar

For Machine Learning

#21 in Algeria #3775 in the World

43% Acceptance

16,785 Enrollment

63

Egypt | Zagazig

Zagazig University

For Machine Learning

#4 in Egypt #751 in the World

75% Acceptance

117,299 Enrollment

1974 Founded

64

Ghana | Accra

Pentecost University College

For Machine Learning

#22 in Ghana #5312 in the World

75% Acceptance

26,703 Enrollment

2003 Founded

65

Liberia | Monrovia

University of Liberia

For Machine Learning

#1 in Liberia #5369 in the World

83% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1951 Founded

66

Nigeria | Ede

Adeleke University

For Machine Learning

#68 in Nigeria #5131 in the World

60% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

2011 Founded

67

Nigeria | Abraka

Delta State University, Abraka

For Machine Learning

#26 in Nigeria #3020 in the World

60% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

68

Sierra Leone | Freetown

University of Sierra Leone

For Machine Learning

#1 in Sierra Leone #4589 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,132 Enrollment

2005 Founded

69

Tanzania | Dar es Salaam

University of Dar es Salaam

For Machine Learning

#1 in Tanzania #2581 in the World

10% Acceptance

45,155 Enrollment

1970 Founded

70

Cameroon | Dschang

University of Dschang

For Machine Learning

#1 in Cameroon #2517 in the World

34% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1993 Founded

71

Egypt | 6th of October City

Modern Sciences and Arts University

For Machine Learning

#32 in Egypt #3294 in the World

76% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1996 Founded

72

Ethiopia | Bale Robe

Madda Walabu University

For Machine Learning

#13 in Ethiopia #2969 in the World

64% Acceptance

16,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

73

Kenya | Karatina

Karatina University

For Machine Learning

#19 in Kenya #5423 in the World

61% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2010 Founded

74

Mauritius | Port Louis

University of Technology, Mauritius

For Machine Learning

#2 in Mauritius #3858 in the World

61% Acceptance

4,500 Enrollment

2000 Founded

75

Nigeria | Yola

American University of Nigeria

For Machine Learning

#50 in Nigeria #3974 in the World

60% Acceptance

35,000 Enrollment

2004 Founded

76

Nigeria | Ilishan-Remo

Babcock University

For Machine Learning

#32 in Nigeria #3191 in the World

11% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1999 Founded

77

South Africa | Durban

Durban University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#12 in South Africa #2157 in the World

75% Acceptance

49,910 Enrollment

2002 Founded

78

Tunisia | Tunis

Tunis University

For Machine Learning

#2 in Tunisia #886 in the World

39% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

79

Algeria | Setif

Ferhat Abbas Setif University 1

For Machine Learning

#3 in Algeria #1715 in the World

78% Acceptance

54,549 Enrollment

80

Egypt | Faiyum

Fayoum University

For Machine Learning

#19 in Egypt #2147 in the World

76% Acceptance

88,016 Enrollment

2005 Founded

81

Gambia | Serekunda

University of the Gambia

For Machine Learning

#1 in Gambia #4716 in the World

52% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1999 Founded

82

Kenya | Nairobi

Catholic University of Eastern Africa

For Machine Learning

#12 in Kenya #4795 in the World

92% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1984 Founded

83

Namibia | Windhoek

University of Namibia

For Machine Learning

#1 in Namibia #3614 in the World

60% Acceptance

24,754 Enrollment

1992 Founded

84

Nigeria | Akungba Akoko

Adekunle Ajasin University

For Machine Learning

#33 in Nigeria #3304 in the World

39% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1982 Founded

85

Nigeria | Ilorin

University of Ilorin

For Machine Learning

#8 in Nigeria #1806 in the World

75% Acceptance

76,000 Enrollment

1975 Founded

86

Sudan | Khartoum

Neelain University

For Machine Learning

#4 in Sudan #4436 in the World

71% Acceptance

11,203 Enrollment

1993 Founded

87

Zambia | Lusaka

University of Lusaka

For Machine Learning

#3 in Zambia #5437 in the World

56% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

2007 Founded

88

Algeria | Annaba

University of Annaba

For Machine Learning

#2 in Algeria #1554 in the World

64% Acceptance

39,916 Enrollment

89

Algeria | Oran

University of Science and Technology of Oran

For Machine Learning

#11 in Algeria #2152 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,484 Enrollment

90

Egypt | Cairo

Al-Azhar University

For Machine Learning

#14 in Egypt #1518 in the World

77% Acceptance

207,853 Enrollment

1961 Founded

91

Ghana | Kumasi

Kumasi Technical University

For Machine Learning

#12 in Ghana #4057 in the World

60% Acceptance

85,000 Enrollment

1954 Founded

92

Libya | Misrata

Misurata University

For Machine Learning

#3 in Libya #3953 in the World

93% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1984 Founded

93

Nigeria | Yola

Modibbo Adama University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#39 in Nigeria #3536 in the World

56% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1988 Founded

94

Nigeria | Bauchi

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

For Machine Learning

#38 in Nigeria #3425 in the World

44% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1988 Founded

95

South Africa | Durban

Mangosuthu University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#24 in South Africa #4619 in the World

73% Acceptance

35,047 Enrollment

1979 Founded

96

Tunisia | Kairouan

University of Kairouan

For Machine Learning

#10 in Tunisia #3628 in the World

50% Acceptance

33,193 Enrollment

97

Cameroon | Ngaoundere

University of Ngaoundere

For Machine Learning

#4 in Cameroon #3595 in the World

66% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1982 Founded

98

Egypt | Kafr El Sheikh

Kafrelsheikh University

For Machine Learning

#17 in Egypt #1908 in the World

80% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

2006 Founded

99

Ethiopia | Debre Markos

Debre Markos University

For Machine Learning

#9 in Ethiopia #2402 in the World

62% Acceptance

49,103 Enrollment

2005 Founded

100

Kenya | Machakos

Machakos University

For Machine Learning

#16 in Kenya #5238 in the World

67% Acceptance

3,000 Enrollment

2011 Founded

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