From South Africa to Ethiopia,
Egypt to Kenya.
The number of tall buildings has been growing significantly
throughout the continent over the last decade.
Skyscrapers,
"Tall continuously habitable buildings
with multiple floors,
Skyscrapers host offices, hotels,
residential apartments and retail avenues
usually located in the city center.
In this video,
we are going to look at the 10 Tallest Buildings In Africa.
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10} Necom House, Nigeria.
A commercial building,
Necom House is a 32 storey building
with a height of 160 Meters.
Completed in 1979,
The building houses
the headquarters of the former Nigerian Telecommunication Company.
9}Tanzania Ports Authority HQ.
The Tanzania Ports Authority
(TPA HQ Tower)
located in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
is the tallest building in Tanzania
and one of the tallest in Africa.
At 162 meter,
the building is the tallest in the country,
and stands as one of the symbols of the city.
8} UAP Tower, Kenya.
UAP Old Mutual Tower is a 33 storey office complex
in the Upper Hill neighborhood of Nairobi,
owned by UAP, Old Mutual Group.
Construction of the UAP Tower was complete in 2016,
at 163 Meters,
the building became the tallest structure in Kenya
upon its completion.
Surpassing Times Tower
7} Ponte City Apartments, South Africa.
Ponte city is a skyscraper in the Berea neighborhood
just next to Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The 55 storey building is cylindrical
with an open center dubbed floor,
allowing additional light
into the apartments and rises above an uneven ROC floor.
Ponte City Apartment has a Shopping Arcade with over 50 Shops
and is the first Cylindrical Skyscraper in Africa.
6} GTC Tower, Kenya.
The Nairobi Global Trade Center Office Tower
is a 42 storey tower
rising 184 Meters in Nairobi, Kenya.
Construction of the GTC Tower started in 2014
and was completed in 2021.
The 184 Meter building is the tallest of 3 towers
located on the Site
with office spaces, a hotel, 4 residential apartments,
4 Residential Apartments,
A Mall,
A 3 Storey Retail Ground,
and a parking lot.
Coming at a cost of US$351 Million,
The 43 Storey GTC Headquarters houses Africa's Headquarters for Chinese firm AVIC
on a 7.5 Acre piece of land in Westlands, Nairobi.
5} Britam Tower, Kenya.
Britam Tower, a Commercial tower owned
by a British American Investment Company.
The Skyscraper has a Maximum Height
of 195 Meters above ground, 32 Usable floors,
with a Unique Prism shape that starts as an equal 4 Sided Square footprint
and ends with a 2 Sided roof with a 60 Meters Mast
containing 3 Helical Wind turbines.
The Tallest building in Kenya,
the Skyscraper is Headquarters of Britam and has Office spaces,
as well as a 12 Storey Car park that can host up to 1000 cars.
4} CBE Tower, Ethiopia.
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) Headquarters,
is the Tallest building in East Africa,
located in Ethiopia's Capital, Addis Ababa.
Inaugurated by the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed,
the Tower has been constructed by China's State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSECC),
at a Total cost
of over US$300 Million.
The State of the Art building is over
209 Meters tall and has 53 floors with a total built-up area
of 165,476.4 Square Meters,
consisting of a Tower, Commercial center and Conference center
and Areas for the General public use, such as Exhibition areas, Cafeterias,
a Siding area, a Shopping mall, a Cinema hall,
Gymnasium, Spa, a Childrens playing area, Restaurants, Dining areas and etc.
Located in the heart of the city, the Tower houses Headquarters
of East Africa's largest bank and one of the largest banks in Africa.
3}Carlton Center, South Africa.
The Carlton Center,
a 223 Meter tall Skyscraper and Shopping Center
in Johannesburg, South Africa, had stood as the tallest building in Africa
for more than 4 decades since its completion in 1973.
Housing Offices and Shops, the building was designed by U.S. Architectural firms
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill with its Architecture design
resembling the famous
One Seneca Tower in New York, which was completed in the same year.
2}The Leonardo South Africa.
The Leonardo is a 55 Floor Mixed tenure high rise property
in Sandton, South Africa.
It rises to a Height of 234 Meters,
11 Meters taller than the Carlton Center,
which was the previous tallest building in South Africa.
Construction work started in 2015
and was completed in 2019, at a Cost of 2 Billion Rands,
over US$129 Million featuring 200 Apartments
and 11 Floors of Commercial Office space.
A beacon of hope in the Heart of Africa's Richest Square Mile.
The Leonardo provides an opportunity to live, work and play,
among the hustle and bustle Sandton has to offer.
1} The Iconic Tower, Egypt.
Iconic Tower is a Skyscraper in the New Administrative Capital of Egypt,
with a Total Structural Height of 385.8 Meters, 1266 Feet,
Egypt's Iconic tower is the Tallest building in Africa.
The tower comprises of 80 floors, mostly for Office use,
and it is one of 20 towers being built as part of the Central Business District
in the New Capital City, covering an area of 7,100,000 Square Meters.
Construction of the Iconic tower officially began in May 2018
when the Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, visited the Construction site
to attend a Ceremony that marked the start of Concrete quarrying Operations
on the foundations in 2019.
China State Construction Engineering is the Main Contractor
for the Project which employs over 5000 People.
Architecture design of the tower is inspired by the Shape of a Pharaonic Obelisk
with Glass exterior.
On August 24th 2021, the Tower topped out at its Full height of 385 Meters,
making it the Tallest building in Africa,
surpassing South Africa's Leonardo, which stands at 228 Meters.
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