List of best universities in Kenya and Africa

The University if Nairobi has been ranked as the best university in Kenya.

The institution took this position by due to its management and storage of scholarly content. The university, though, was ranked at position fourth in Africa. It came behind University of Pretoria, Stellenbosch University and University of South Africa.

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Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology was ranked as the second best university on Kenya. The university, though, took position 24 in Africa.

Mount Kenya University — a private institution — came in third and position 26 in the region, up from position five it held last year.

Other institutions that were ranked were United States International University (USIU-Africa) South East Kenya University, Kenyatta University, Technical University of Kenya and Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.

Below is the full ranking of universities in Africa:

ranking	World Rank	Instituto	Country	Size	Visibility	Files Rich	scholar
1	85	University of Pretoria Institutional Repository		73	146	117	96
2	124	Stellenbosch University Scholar Repository		60	309	160	126
3	197	University of South Africa Institutional Repository		498	261	199	293
4	214	University of Nairobi Digital Repository		22	602	460	37
5	241	University of the Witwatersrand Institutional Repository		259	358	274	263
6	342	OpenUCT University of Cape Town Repository		235	588	401	211
7	364	Boloka North West University Research Repository		661	541	412	237
8	411	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Space		403	457	472	574
9	444	Addis Ababa University Libraries Electronic Thesis and Dissertations Database		95	771	616	232
10	600	University of the Western Cape Theses and Dissertations		519	773	639	559
11	616	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology KNUSTspace		395	928	971	320
12	630	American University in Cairo Digital Archive and Research Repository		666	700	486	798
13	642	Covenant University Repository		1086	746	882	537
14	711	Dépôt Institutionnel de l’Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen		519	1039	788	404
15	714	University of Khartoum Digital Repository		99	1198	994	285
16	758	Sudan University for Science and Technology Institutional Repository		51	1444	1123	159
17	820	Durban University of Technology Repository		97	918	1199	993
18	860	University of the Western Cape Research Repository		68	909	1086	1189
19	870	University of Ghana Digital Collection UGSpace		452	1198	939	576
20	938	University of Zululand Institutional Repository UZSpace		885	961	954	1079
21	958	University of Biskra Repository		606	1332	1072	606
22	970	Cape Peninsula University of Technology Repository		540	1198	1207	825
23	1017	University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository		131	1104	1106	1260
24	1071	Depot institutionnel de l’Universite Kasdi Merbah Ouargla		570	57	1250	2045
25	1112	KovsieScholar Repository University of the Free State		423	1483	1466	843
26	1154	University of Biskra Theses Repository		1212	1436	1124	896
27	1253	E-doc Université Virtuelle de Tunis		1801	1152	1085	1334
28	1253	University of Cape Town Computer Science Research Document Archive		1932	1115	872	1383
29	1258	University of Limpopo Institutional Repository		614	1376	1562	1278
30	1275	University of Namibia Scholarly Repository		72	1506	1804	1327
31	1306	eHealth Digital Library of the Tanzania Health Community		1374	1104	1277	1588
32	1308	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Digital Repository		553	1569	1839	1137
33	1360	AHERO African Higher Education Research Online		1986	1262	1184	1365
34	1363	Mount Kenya University Erepository		608	1785	1801	929
35	1373	Production Scientifique de l’Université M’hamed Bougara Boumerdès		846	1605	1227	1215
36	1381	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences Institutional Repository		915	1597	1676	1190
37	1392	University of Botswana Research Innovation and Scholarship Archive		505	1401	1372	1544
38	1395	Production Scientifique de l’Université de Bouira		1404	1524	1414	1266
39	1412	Federal University of Technology Minna Institutional Repository		1788	1825	1382	709
40	1415	USIU Africa Digital Repository		548	1838	1667	961
41	1420	University of Dar es Salaam Research Repository		498	1838	1938	948
42	1455	Midlands State University Institutional Repository		465	1825	1961	1142
43	1480	Bindura University of Science Education Institutional Repository		847	1787	1787	1223
44	1581	Institutional Repository of the National University of Science and Technology		528	1814	1576	1493
45	1588	South East Kenya University Digital Repository		600	1947	1915	1250
46	1588	Covenant University Theses		1807	1561	1749	1563
47	1592	Mohammed V University in Rabat Institutional Repository		1065	2020	2149	965
48	1596	ResearchSpace University of KwaZulu-Natal		102	724	826	2045
49	1609	University of Jos Institutional Repository		1405	1770	1908	1438
50	1625	National Research Database of Zimbabwe Research Council of Zimbabwe		1310	1756	1895	1491
51	1654	Afe Babalola University Repository		1670	1915	2080	1248
52	1655	Federal University Oye-Ekiti Institutional Repository		1340	1855	2014	1433
53	1669	Institutional Repository National Research Foundation		1552	1739	1484	1610
54	1681	Research Center in Industrial Technologies CRTI Repository		1235	2097	2047	1017
55	1700	ZOU Space Zimbabwe Open University Institutional Repository		1872	1770	1837	1550
56	1720	Kenyatta University Institutional Repository		96	981	760	2045
57	1752	Tanzania Climate Change Information Repository		1569	1814	1797	1702
58	1757	Digital Repository Neelain University		869	2081	2028	1374
59	1841	Technical University of Kenya Institutional Repository		774	2062	1885	1690
60	1844	Red Sea University Repository		648	2097	1934	1641
61	1865	Central University of Technology Free State Institutional Repository		2197	1888	2055	1540
62	1897	University of Johannesburg Research Output		372	1252	1570	2045
63	1913	Landmark University Repository		1810	2001	1881	1744
64	1979	University of Benin Repository		1369	2232	2175	1375
65	2054	Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo Repository		2186	1401	1978	2021
66	2084	Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Repository		1519	2151	2175	1897
67	2087	Academy of Science of South Africa Research Repository		2177	1813	1899	1984
68	2096	Nile Valley University Repository		1169	2258	2175	1651
69	2153	University is Federal University Lokoja Institutional Repository		1851	2190	2175	1955
70	2162	Digital Repository International University of Africa		1826	2271	2029	1630
71	2168	Mzumbe University Research Repository		1142	2043	1694	2045
72	2190	National Ribat University Repository		2137	2251	2175	1901
73	2270	ElSheikh Abdullah ElBadri University Repository		2159	2266	2175	2045
74	2279	Makerere University Undergraduate Dissertations Repository		2157	2278	2175	2045