List of tallest buildings in Africa
This article ranks the tallest buildings on the African continent by height. Initially, only a small number of major financial and commercial centers boasted large skylines, such as Addis Ababa, Johannesburg, Lagos, Nairobi, Cairo, Durban and Cape Town. However, since the 2000s, skyscrapers have been constructed in many other African cities, including Maputo, Abuja, Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Alexandria, Harare, Abidjan, Luanda and Port Louis.
Between 1973 and 2019 the tallest skyscraper in Africa was Johannesburg's Carlton Centre, which stands 223 metres (732 ft) tall. Since 2019 the tallest skyscraper is The Leonardo, also in Johannesburg, which is 234 metres (768 ft) tall.
Tallest buildings[]
This list ranks African buildings that stand at least 120 m (394 ft) tall, based on standard height measurements by CTBUH. This includes spires and architectural details, but does not include antenna masts and minarets.
Building | Pinnacle height | Floors | Year | Country | City |
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The Leonardo | 234 m (768 ft) | 55 | 2019 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
Carlton Centre | 223 m (732 ft) | 50 | 1973 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
Britam Tower[1][2] | 200.1 m (656 ft) | 31 | 2017 | Kenya | Nairobi |
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters[3][4][5] | 198 m (650 ft) | 46 | 2021[6] | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
Cairo Tower | 187 m (614 ft) | 62 | 1961 | Egypt | Cairo |
[7][8] | 184 m (604 ft) | 43 | 2020 | Kenya | Nairobi |
179 m (587 ft) | 38 | 2021 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | |
Ponte City Apartments | 173 m (568 ft) | 54 | 1975 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
171 m (561 ft) | 36 | 2021 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | |
UAP Tower[9][10] | 163 m (535 ft) | 33 | 2016 | Kenya | Nairobi |
NECOM House[11] | 160 m (520 ft) | 32 | 1979 | Nigeria | Lagos |
159 m (522 ft) | 32 | 2021 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | |
Tanzania Ports Authority HQ[12] | 157 m (515 ft) | 40 | 2016 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam |
– Tower A[13][14] | 153 m (502 ft) | 35 | 2014 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam |
PSPF Towers – Tower B[15][16] | 153 m (502 ft) | 35 | 2014 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam |
Marble Towers | 152 m (499 ft) | 32 | 1973 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
Pearl Dawn[17] | 152 m (499 ft) | 31 | 2010 | South Africa | Durban |
South African Reserve Bank Building[18] | 150 m (490 ft) | 38 | 1988 | South Africa | Pretoria |
88 on Field[19] | 147 m (482 ft) | 26 | 1985 | South Africa | Durban |
I[20] | 145 m (476 ft) | 32 | 2019 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam |
MNF Square II[20] | 145 m (476 ft) | 32 | 2019 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam |
[21][22] | 145 m (476 ft) | 35 | 2018 | Angola | Luanda |
Burj Bulaya Office Tower 1[23] | 144 m (472 ft) | 34 | 2007 | Libya | Tripoli |
Mzizima Commercial Tower[24][25] | 143 m (469 ft) | 35 | 2020 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam |
PPF Headquarters[26] | 143 m (469 ft) | 35 | 2019 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs[27] | 143 m (469 ft) | 39 | 1994 | Egypt | Cairo |
[28] | 142 m (466 ft) | 43 | 1996 | Egypt | Cairo |
Grand Nile Tower Hotel[29] | 142 m (466 ft) | 41 | 2002 | Egypt | Cairo |
Nile City South Tower[30] | 142 m (466 ft) | 34 | 2003 | Egypt | Cairo |
Nile City North Tower[31] | 142 m (466 ft) | 34 | 2002 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 13[32][33] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 14[34][33] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 15[35][33] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 16[33] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 17[33] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 18[33] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel Tower 1[36] | 140 m (460 ft) | 40 | 1970 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
Times Tower[37] | 140 m (460 ft) | 33 | 2000 | Kenya | Nairobi |
Michelangelo Towers[38] | 140 m (460 ft) | 34 | 2005 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
Trust Bank Building[39] | 140 m (460 ft) | 34 | 1970 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
ABSA Building[40] | 140 m (460 ft) | 31 | 1970 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
Standard Bank Building[42] | 139 m (456 ft) | 34 | 1968 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
Southern Life Centre[43] | 138 m (453 ft) | 30 | 1973 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
Old Mutual Centre[44] | 137 m (449 ft) | 33 | 1995 | South Africa | Durban |
Portside Tower[45] | 136.4 m (448 ft) | 30 | 2014 | South Africa | Cape Town |
Casablanca Finance City Tower | 136 m (446 ft) | 27 | 2019 | Morocco | Casablanca |
136 m (446 ft) | 36 | 2021 | Egypt | Cairo | |
[46] | 135 m (443 ft) | 30 | 2019 | Republic of Congo | Brazzaville |
[47] | 135 m (443 ft) | 30 | 2019 | Republic of Congo | Brazzaville |
National Bank of Egypt Tower 1[48] | 135 m (443 ft) | 33 | 1986 | Egypt | Cairo |
National Bank of Egypt Tower 2[49] | 135 m (443 ft) | 33 | 1986 | Egypt | Cairo |
San Stefano Grand Plaza | 135 m (443 ft) | 31 | 2006 | Egypt | Alexandria[50] |
Champagne Pearl Tower[51] | 135 m (443 ft) | 30 | 2017 | Nigeria | Lagos |
Mzizima Commercial Tower[52][53] | 134 m (440 ft) | 33 | 2020 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam |
Prism Tower[54][55] | 133 m (436 ft) | 34 | 2018 | Kenya | Nairobi |
Monte Blanc[56] | 132.6 m (435 ft) | 40 | 1985 | South Africa | Durban |
ABSA Tower Pretoria[57] | 132 m (433 ft) | 38 | 1976 | South Africa | Pretoria |
Tour CNPS[58][59] | 132 m (433 ft) | 32 | 1982 | Cameroon | Yaoundé |
JW Marriott Hotel[60] | 130 m (430 ft) | 36 | 2011 | Libya | Tripoli |
1[61] | 130 m (430 ft) | 31 | 2015 | Mozambique | Maputo |
Bank Misr Building[62] | 130 m (430 ft) | 29 | 1985 | Egypt | Cairo |
NTC Tower[41] | 130 m (430 ft) | 29 | 2009 | Sudan | Khartoum |
[63] | 128 m (420 ft) | 30 | 1976 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza[64] | 127 m (417 ft) | 31 | 1999 | Egypt | Cairo |
1 Thibault Square[65] | 126.5 m (415 ft) | 32 | 1972 | South Africa | Cape Town |
L'e mac[66][67] | 126 m (413 ft) | 26 | 2016 | Kenya | Nairobi |
Mzizima Residential Tower[68][69] | 126 m (413 ft) | 33 | 2018 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam |
[70][71] | 125 m (410 ft) | 33 | 2013 | Madagascar | Antananarivo |
Parliament Tower[72] | 125 m (410 ft) | 26 | 2018 | Kenya | Nairobi |
Pearl Sky[73][74][75] | 124.4 m (408 ft) | 37 | 2018 | South Africa | Durban |
Bank of Mauritius Tower[65] | 124 m (407 ft) | 26 | 2006 | Mauritius | Port Louis |
Union Bank Building[76] | 124 m (407 ft) | 28 | 1991 | Nigeria | Lagos |
Kine Centre[77] | 123 m (404 ft) | 27 | 1974 | South Africa | Johannesburg |
Rita Tower[78][79] | 122 m (400 ft) | 30 | 2013 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam |
El Maadi Residential Tower 5[80] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 6[80] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 7[80] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 8[80] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 9[80] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 10[80] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 11[80] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 12[80] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo |
World Trade Centre Abuja, Tower 2[81][82] | 120 m (390 ft) | 25 | 2017 | Nigeria | Abuja |
New Reserve Bank Tower[83] | 120 m (390 ft) | 28 | 1997 | Zimbabwe | Harare |
Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel[84] | 120 m (390 ft) | 28 | 2003 | Libya | Tripoli |
Nessco Building[85] | 120 m (390 ft) | 26 | 2007 | Libya | Tripoli |
Al Fatah Tower[86] | 120 m (390 ft) | 25 | 2006 | Libya | Tripoli |
Embassy Building[87] | 120 m (390 ft) | 28 | 1991 | South Africa | Durban |
Teleposta Towers[88] | 120 m (390 ft) | 27 | 2000 | Kenya | Nairobi |
La Cité Administrative Tour D[89] | 120 m (390 ft) | 30 | 1984 | Ivory Coast | Abidjan |
New Administrative Capital Building C08[90] | ? | 32 | 2021 | Egypt | Cairo |
Timeline of tallest skyscrapers in Africa[]
Name | City | Years as tallest | Metres | Feet | Floors | Photo |
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The Leonardo | Sandton | 2019- | 234 | 767 | 55 | |
Carlton Centre | Johannesburg | 1973–2019 | 223 | 732 | 50 | |
KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel Tower 1, Trust Bank Building | Johannesburg | 1970–1973 | 140 | 459 | 31 | |
Standard Bank Centre | Johannesburg | 1968–1970 | 138.8 | 455 | 34 | |
Schlesinger Building | Johannesburg | 1965–1968 | 110 | 361 | 21 | |
Cocoa House | Ibadan | 1965–1965 | 105 | 345 | 26 | |
Belmont Building | Cairo | 1954–1965 | 102 | 335 | 32 | - |
Mutual Building | Cape Town | 1940–1954 | 91 | 298 | 18 | |
Chamber of Mines Building | Johannesburg | 1936–1940 | 80 | 262 | 18 | |
Union Buildings | Pretoria | 1913–1936 | 60 | 196 | 10 |
Tallest under construction, approved or proposed[]
Under construction[]
This list ranks buildings currently under construction in Africa that will stand at least 100 metres (328 ft) tall.
Name | Height | Floors | Year | Country | City | Notes |
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Iconic Tower | 385 m (1,263 ft) | 80 | 2022 | Egypt | New Administrative Capital | [91][92] |
Alamein Iconic Tower | 250 m (820 ft) | 68 | 2025 | Egypt | New Alamein | |
250 m (820 ft) | 55 | 2023 | Morocco | Rabat | [93][94] | |
88 Nairobi Condominium Tower | 218 m (715 ft) | 44 | 2021 | Kenya | Nairobi | [95][96] |
New Administrative Capital Building C07 | ? | 32 | 2021 | Egypt | New Administrative Capital | [97] |
On-hold, approved or proposed[]
This section lists skyscrapers that are on-hold, approved or proposed in Africa, and are planned to rise over 100 m (328 ft) tall.
Name | Height | Floors | Country | |||
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City | Status | Notes | ||||
Oblisco Capitale | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) | 165 | Egypt | New Capital | Approved | [98] |
Al Noor Tower | 540 m (1,770 ft) | 114 | Morocco | Casablanca | Cancelled | [99] |
Father and Son Skyscraper | 470 m (1,540 ft) | 112 | Egypt | Cairo | Proposed | [100] |
450 m (1,480 ft) | 77 | Morocco | Merzouga | Proposed | [101] | |
Palm Exotica | 370 m (1,210 ft) | 61 | Kenya | Malindi | Approved | [102] |
Durban Iconic Tower | 370 m (1,210 ft) | 88 | South Africa | Durban | Proposed | [103] |
Nut Tower I | 360 m (1,180 ft) | 74 | Egypt | New Capital | Proposed | |
The Pinnacle Tower I | 314 m (1,030 ft) | 70 | Kenya | Nairobi | On Hold | [104][105][106] |
Zanzibar Domino Commercial Tower | 300 m (980 ft) | 78 | Tanzania | Zanzibar City | Proposed | [107] |
Nile Tower | 300 m (980 ft) | 70 | Egypt | Cairo | Approved | [108] |
Upperhill square | 290 m (950 ft) | 66 | Kenya | Nairobi | Proposed | [109] |
Hope City | 270 m (890 ft) | 72 | Ghana | Accra | Proposed | [110] |
The One Nairobi | 270 m (890 ft) | 70 | Kenya | Nairobi | Proposed | [111] |
Nut Tower II | 250 m (820 ft) | 65 | Egypt | New Capital | Proposed | |
Kampala Tower | 222 m (728 ft) | 60 | Uganda | Kampala | Proposed | [112] |
The Pinnacle Tower II | 214 m (702 ft) | 45 | Kenya | Nairobi | On Hold | [104] |
Hazina Trade Centre | 180 m (590 ft) | 39 | Kenya | Nairobi | On Hold | [113][114] |
Angola World Trade Center Tower A | 170 m (560 ft) | 42 | Angola | Luanda | Proposed | [115] |
Kakakuona Tower | 170 m (560 ft) | 36 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam | Proposed | [116] |
167 m (548 ft) | 42 | Morocco | Casablanca | On hold | [117][118] | |
Kgoro – The Gateway A | ~165 m (541 ft) | 45 | South Africa | Johannesburg | Proposed | [119] |
Kgoro – The Gateway B | ~165 m (541 ft) | 30 | South Africa | Johannesburg | Proposed | [119] |
Dar es Salaam City Center Promise Tower | 165 m (541 ft) | 35 | Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam | Proposed | [120] |
160 m (520 ft) | 44 | Morocco | Casablanca | On Hold | [121] | |
World Trade Centre Abuja Hotel Tower | 158 m (518 ft) | 37 | Nigeria | Abuja | Proposed | [122][123] |
Angola World Trade Center Tower B | 150 m (490 ft) | 37 | Angola | Luanda | Proposed | [115] |
Tour Minam 1 | 140 m (460 ft) | 33 | Senegal | Dakar | Proposed | [124] |
Tour Minam 2 | 140 m (460 ft) | 33 | Senegal | Dakar | Proposed | [124] |
Kingdom Kampala Centre | 123 m (404 ft) | 34 | Uganda | Kampala | Proposed | [125][126] |
Congo Office des Routes | N/A | 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | On Hold | [127] |
See also[]
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