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2 days ago · The University of Cape Town (UCT) (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Kaapstad, Xhosa: iYunivesithi yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College , it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest university in Sub ...
4 days ago · Here are some of Africa’s oldest universities. 1. Al Quaraouiyine University, Morocco (859 AD) Fatima al-Fihri, a Tunisian-born woman, founded the university in Fez, Morocco, in 859 A.D., making it the world’s oldest higher education institution and the first to be founded by a woman and a Muslim.
1 day ago · The university hosts one of the world’s oldest libraries, home to unique Islamic manuscripts treasured by historians. It was founded 12 centuries ago by a pioneering woman and nestled in the old ...
1 day ago · Indonesian student Kamel Tahdhib traveled thousands of miles to study at a Moroccan university with such a rich history, that its renown continues to draw learners more than 1,000 years after it was founded. The university hosts one of the world’s oldest libraries, home to unique Islamic manuscripts treasured by historians.
1 day ago · The University of Johannesburg, and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania came in second and third, respectively. Despite South Africa having the most institutions in the top 10 (four), Nigeria is the most-represented nation overall, with 37 ranked institutions, led by Covenant University in seventh place.
5 days ago · 1. University of Cape Town. Cape Town is the oldest city in South Africa and the second largest after Johannesburg. The University of Cape Town was founded in 1829 as a South African College. It was granted university status in 1918 – it is now a renowned public research university known far beyond Africa. 2. University of Witwatersrand
1 day ago · The history of Africa begins with the emergence of hominids, archaic humans and — around 300,000–250,000 years ago — anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ), in East Africa, and continues unbroken into the present as a patchwork of diverse and politically developing nation states. [1]
