Top 10 Tallest Skyscrapers In Africa Right Now

Mixi October 06, 2021 | 06:49

Although Africa is not generally known for its abundance of skyscrapers, it has undergone a building surge in many cities. Check out now the 10 most outstandingly tallest skyscraper in Africa right below!

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Overtime, Africa has managed to put up superb structures, including some of the tallest towers in the world. Starting with only a handful of major towns in Africa with skyscrapers, new developments have led to more cities with superstructures. The superstructures in the motherland come as unique and as recognizable as the rest globally if not more.

The List Of Top 10 Tallest Skyscrapers In Africa

1. The Leonardo, South Africa - 234m

2. Carlton Center, South Africa - 223m

3. Britam Tower, Keny - 200m

4. CBE Headquarters, Ethiopia - 198m

5. Nairobi GTC Office Tower, Kenya- 154m

6. Ponte City Tower, South Africa - 173m

7. UAP Tower, Kenya - 163m

8. NECOM House, Nigeria - 158m

9. Tanzania Ports Authority Tower, Tanzania - 157m

10. PSPF Towers, Tanzania - 153m

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Which are the 10 Tallest Skyscrapers In Africa?

1. The Leonardo, South Africa - 234m

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Leonardo is a 227-meter-tall, 56-floor mixed use development that is being finalized in Sandton, South Africa. The skyscraper is located at 75 Maude Street, about 100 meters from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Construction of Leonardo began on 17 November 2015, and the tower topped out in April 2019 – officially becoming the tallest building in Africa.

2. Carlton Center, South Africa - 223m

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The Carlton Centre located, downtown in Johannesburg, South Africa, ranks the tallest building in Africa since 1973 at 223 metres with 50 floors

The skyscraper was designed by the US architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Construction began in 1960 by demolishing the old Carlton Hotel and the closing roads to form a city superblock and officially completed in 1974.However occupation of the Centre began in 1971.

The design of the tower matches that of New York’s One Seneca Tower in Buffalo which was completed in 1973.

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3. Britam Tower, Keny - 200m

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Britam Tower, was build as a commercial tower and is owned by British-American Investments Company. the skyscraper has a maximum height of 195 metres, above ground, with 32 usable floors. It is the second-tallest building in Africa by pinnacle height at 200 m (660 ft).

The building is the international headquarters of Britam. It features a unique prismic shape that starts as an equal four sided square footprint and ends with a two sided roof with a 60 metres (197 ft) mast, containing three helical wind turbines.

Britam Tower has a total of 350,000 square feet (32,516 m2) of office space to let for commercial purposes.The building has an attached 12 storey Car Prk that can accommodate up to 1,000 vehicles which caters to its many tenants.

4. CBE Headquarters, Ethiopia - 198m

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The topping out of 198-metre Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) Tower in Addis Ababa has gifted Ethiopia its newest tallest building – ending the reign of the AU Conference Center and Office Complex.

The 46-storey CBE Tower, which is under construction near the Ethiopia Hotel off Ras Desta Damtew Street, is a 150,000-sq m skyscraper that will serve as the headquarters of the state-owned bank.

Early 2015, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia signed a deal with China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) for the construction of the building at a cost of $267 million (about Sh28 billion).

5. Nairobi GTC Office Tower, Kenya- 154m

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The topping out of Nairobi GTC Office Tower, the tallest of the six towers of the Sh40 billion Global Trade Centre, has added a new entrant in the list of Kenya’s tallest buildings.

The 184-metre, 43-storey office block is expected to be the Africa headquarters for Chinese firm Avic, which is seeking to set up its continental hub on a 7.5-acre piece of land in Westlands, Nairobi.

6. Ponte City Tower, South Africa - 173m

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7. UAP Tower, Kenya - 163m

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Located in Upper Hill, Nairobi, 163-meter-tall UAP Old Mutual Tower became the tallest building in Kenya when it opened in July 2016 after more than five years of construction.

The 33-storey building, which has since lost the title to Britam Tower, offers some 300,000 square feet of Grade A office space in Nairobi's fastest-growing commercial district.

Standing at an altitude of 5,700 feet above sea level, UAP Old Mutual Tower unseated Rahimtulla Tower as the highest point in Nairobi.

8. NECOM House, Nigeria - 158m

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NECOM House (formerly NITEL Tower and earlier, the NET Building), a 158-meter-tall skyscraper in Lagos, is officially the tallest building in Nigeria and the entirety of West Africa.

Completed in 1979, the building houses the headquarters of former state-run telco, the Nigerian Telecommunication Limited. The spire at the top of the building serves as a lighthouse beacon for Lagos Harbor.

NECOM House was designed by Ghanaian architectural firm Nickson Borys, and Partners and it was built by UK-based Costain Group. It took over from Cocoa House as Nigeria’s tallest building.

9. Tanzania Ports Authority Tower, Tanzania - 157m

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Tanzania Ports Authority Tower, a 157-meter-tall tower in Dar es Salaam, is the tallest building in Tanzania. Completed in 2016, the 40-storey building serves as the headquarters of the Tanzania Ports Authority.

10. PSPF Towers, Tanzania - 153m

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Located in the East African region, Tanzania is the Tower A and B PSPF Twin Towers standing at 153 metres (502 feet) tall with 35 floors.The buildings which have a postmodern style began its construction in 2011 and completed in 2014. The towers were officially opened for business in 2015.

This building and construction proposal was a winning design in a competition for design of a mixed urban development in the heart of Dar es Salaam City. They were built using concrete glass and steel by Hatmy Engineering.

Each floor has been well designed to accommodate shopping facilities, residential apartments, luxury hotels, cinemas halls and office spaces for rental. It has offices, retail stores and parking garage.