Names, Countries of Top 10 Universities in Africa, Covenant Makes List
- Covenant University in Nigeria has made the list of top 10 universities in Africa in the inaugural ranking by the Times Higher Education
- Four Universities from South Africa made it to the top 10 while two Tanzanian universities were rated among the top 10
- The other four universities in Africa are from Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, and Uganda
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Covenant University has made the top 10 inaugural Times Higher Education ranking of African universities, which was released on Monday, June 26 on its website.
Covenant took the number seven position among the top 10 universities in Africa of all the 258 of its kind from Nigeria.
Source: UGC
Full list of top 10 universities in sub-Sahara Africa
The 2023 ranking of Sub-Saharan Africa University was officially announced at the first forum of the organization, which was held in partnership with the Ashesi University in Ghana.
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Four universities from the top 10 list are from South Africa while two of the top list are from the Southern African country.
Taking the top position in the ranking is the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The institution which was often referred to as Wits University celebrated its centenary last year and the top of its alumni was Nelson Mandela.
Top 5 Universities in Africa
The University of Johannesburg in South Africa was the second-ranked university in Africa while the third position was occupied by the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, in Tanzania.
The University of Pretoria, also in South Africa, is the fourth, and Makerere University in Uganda took the fifth position.
The 6th and 7th positions were occupied by the University of the Western Cape in South Africa and Nigeria's Covenant University.
Below is the table of the top 10 universities in Africa and their country.
| Ranking | University | Country |
| 1 | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa |
| 2 | University of Johannesburg | South Africa |
| 3 | The Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences | Tanzania |
| 4 | University of Pretoria | South Africa |
| 5 | Makerere University | Uganda |
| 6 | University of the Western Cape | South Africa |
| 7 | Covenant University | Nigeria |
| 8 | UGHE – University of Global Health Equity | Rwanda |
| 9 | Ashesi University | Ghana |
| 10 | Ardhi University | Tanzania |
Tears as LASU Lecturer Prof Lai Oso dies in auto accident
Legit.ng earlier reported Professor Lai Oso from the Lagos State University (LASU) reportedly died in a ghastly accident on Saturday.
Professor Sunday Alawode, the dean of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies at LASU, announced the demised of the academic on Sunday.
Alawode then commiserated with the deceased wife, children, family, the communication community across the world, and the university community.
Source: Legit.ng
