Nigerian Summary:

In this latest Webometrics result:

- Awolowo University  and the University of Ibadan are the only two Nigerian universities in the Top 100 in Africa.

- Awolowo University is 68th in Africa and 7,703rd in the world.

- while University of Ibadan is 85th in Africa and 8,619th in the world.

Not good enough - in fact, not good at all....

Note that Nigeria has roughly 93 universities (27 federal, 31 state, and 34 private;  see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Nigeria and http://www.nuc.edu.ng/pages/universities.asp?ty=1&order=inst_name )

By the way, South African universities place

- 9 universities in the Top 10,

- 11 universities in the Top 20,

- 18 universities in the top 100

There  are roughly 23 universities (11 traditional, 6 comprehensive and 6 universities of technology) in South Africa (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_universities_in_South_Africa ) 

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RANKING WEB OF AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES

http://www.webometrics.info/top100_continent.asp?cont=africa

Universities 1 to 100 of 100
CONTINENT RANK	UNIVERSITY	COUNTRY	WORLD RANK
1	University of Cape Town		385
2	Stellenbosch University		654
3	Rhodes University		722
4	University of Pretoria		734
5	University of the Witwatersrand		831
6	University of the Western Cape		1,218
7	University of Kwazulu Natal		1,313
8	University of South Africa		1,499
9	American University in Cairo		1,654
10	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University		2,145
11	Cairo University		2,934
12	University of the Free State		2,946
13	Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar		2,962
14	University of Johannesburg		3,704
15	University of Mauritius		3,756
16	Université Cadi Ayyad		3,961
17	University of Zimbabwe		4,001
18	Mansoura University		4,002
19	Ain Shams University		4,112
20	University of Namibia		4,223
21	Polytechnic of Namibia		4,270
22	Al Akhawayn University Ifrane		4,275
23	Université Abdelmalek Essadi		4,309
24	University of Dar Es Salaam		4,334
25	University of Nairobi		4,338
26	Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen		4,452
27	Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport		4,552
28	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane		4,689
29	Strathmore University Nairobi		4,780
30	National University of Rwanda		5,002
31	Zagazig University		5,146
32	Egerton University		5,203
33	University of Botswana		5,262
34	Ecole Mohammadia d'Ingenieurs		5,303
35	Addis Ababa University		5,322
36	Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan Ii		5,352
37	German University in Cairo		5,467
38	Arab Open University Egypt Branch		5,935
39	North West University		5,994
40	Mogadishu University		6,145
41	University of Khartoum		6,213
42	Université de Ouagadougou		6,472
43	Assiut University		6,530
44	Université Abdelmalek Essaadi		6,589
45	Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Informatique et d'Analyse des Systemes Ensias		6,599
46	University of Ghana		6,657
47	Ecole Superieure Privee d'Ingenierie et de Technologies		6,687
48	University of Fort Hare		6,689
49	Faculte des Sciences Rabat		6,732
50	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology		6,758
51	Université Mohammed Premier Oujda		6,848
52	University of Malawi		6,882
53	Cape Peninsula University of Technology		7,043
54	Helwan University		7,052
55	University of Zambia		7,116
56	Tshwane University of Technology		7,137
57	Sudan University of Science & Technology		7,198
58	Université de Batna		7,199
59	Makerere University		7,226
60	Université Virtuelle de Tunis		7,237
61	Garyounis University		7,265
62	Amoud University		7,440
63	Monash University South Africa		7,650
64	Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediene		7,657
65	Université Mohammed V Souissi		7,664
66	University of Zululand		7,685
67	African Virtual University		7,688
68	Awolowo University		7,703
69	Sokoine University of Agriculture		7,752
70	Faculte de Medecine & Pharmacie		7,937
71	University of Tanta		8,003
72	Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah Fes		8,004
73	Institut Superieur de l'Information et de la Communication		8,016
74	Al Azhar Al-Sharif Islamic Research Academy		8,019
75	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology		8,085
76	Université M'Hamed Bougara de Boumerdes		8,130
77	Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion		8,215
78	Institut National de Formation en Informatique		8,339
79	Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis Mostaganem		8,351
80	Université Mentouri de Constantine		8,360
81	Moi University		8,393
82	Ecole du Patrimoine Africain		8,402
83	Alexandria University		8,419
84	Ecole Nationale d'Administration Maroc		8,514
85	University of Ibadan		8,619
86	Universidade Católica de Angola		8,642
87	Université d'Alger		8,658
88	Université Chouaib Doukkali		8,687
89	Université de Nouakchott		8,732
90	Durban University of Technology		8,735
91	Université Hassan II Ain-Chock		8,790
92	Université de Lome		8,821
93	Minufiya University		8,842
94	Kenyatta University		8,855
95	Ashesi University		8,860
96	Central University of Technology		8,892
97	Université Senghor d'Alexandrie		8,957
98	Kigali Institute of Science & Technology		9,008
99	Université Hassan II Mohammadia		9,015
100	Faculte des Sciences Tetouan		9,066