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 Cairo, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi. However, since the 2000s, skyscrapers have been constructed in many other African cities, including Durban, Cape Town, 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 2021 the tallest skyscraper is Iconic Tower in New Administrative Capital, which is 393.8 metres (1,292 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 | Height | Floors | Year | Country | City |
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Iconic Tower | 385.5 m (1,265 ft) | 77 | 2022 | ![]() | New Administrative Capital |
The Leonardo | 227 m (745 ft) | 56 | 2019 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
Carlton Centre | 223 m (732 ft) | 50 | 1973 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters[1][2][3] | 209.3 m (687 ft) | 46 | 2021[4] | ![]() | Addis Ababa |
Britam Tower[5][6] | 200.1 m (656 ft) | 31 | 2017 | ![]() |
Nairobi |
Nairobi Global Trade Centre Office Tower[7][8] | 184 m (604 ft) | 43 | 2021 | ![]() | Nairobi |
Ponte City Apartments | 172.8 m (567 ft) | 54 | 1975 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
New Administrative Capital Building C04[9] | 170 m (560 ft) | 34 | 2022 | ![]() |
New Administrative Capital |
UAP Tower[10][11] | 163 m (535 ft) | 33 | 2016 | ![]() | Nairobi |
NECOM House[12] | 160.3 m (526 ft) | 32 | 1979 | ![]() | |
New Administrative Capital Building C11[13] | 160 m (520 ft) | 27 | 2022 | ![]() |
New Administrative Capital |
New Administrative Capital Building C12[14] | 160 m (520 ft) | 27 | 2022 | ![]() |
New Administrative Capital |
Tanzania Ports Authority HQ[15] | 157 m (515 ft) | 40 | 2016 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam |
New Administrative Capital Building C08[16][17] | 155 m (509 ft) | 32 | 2022 | ![]() |
New Administrative Capital |
New Administrative Capital Building C07[18][19] | 155 m (509 ft) | 32 | 2022 | ![]() |
New Administrative Capital |
PSPF Towers – Tower A[20][21] | 152.7 m (501 ft) | 35 | 2014 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam |
PSPF Towers – Tower B[22][23] | 152.7 m (501 ft) | 35 | 2014 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam |
Marble Towers | 152.1 m (499 ft) | 32 | 1973 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
Pearl Dawn[24] | 152 m (499 ft) | 31 | 2010 | ![]() | Durban |
South African Reserve Bank Building[25] | 148 m (486 ft) | 38 | 1988 | ![]() | Pretoria |
88 on Field[26] | 146.5 m (481 ft) | 26 | 1985 | ![]() | Durban |
MNF Square I[27] | 145 m (476 ft) | 32 | 2019 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam |
MNF Square II[27] | 145 m (476 ft) | 32 | 2019 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam |
IMOB Business Tower[28][29] | 145 m (476 ft) | 35 | 2018 | ![]() | Luanda |
Burj Bulaya Office Tower 1[30] | 144 m (472 ft) | 34 | 2007 | ![]() | Tripoli |
Mzizima Commercial Tower[31][32] | 143 m (469 ft) | 35 | 2020 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam |
PPF Headquarters[33] | 143 m (469 ft) | 35 | 2019 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs[34] | 143 m (469 ft) | 39 | 1994 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Gezira Tower Movenpick Hotel[35] | 142 m (466 ft) | 43 | 1996 | ![]() | Cairo |
Grand Nile Tower Hotel[36] | 142 m (466 ft) | 41 | 2002 | ![]() | Cairo |
Nile City South Tower[37] | 142 m (466 ft) | 34 | 2003 | ![]() | Cairo |
Nile City North Tower[38] | 142 m (466 ft) | 34 | 2002 | ![]() | Cairo |
Nairobi Global Trade Centre Hotel Tower[39][40] | 141 m (463 ft) | 35 | 2021 | ![]() | Nairobi |
El Maadi Residential Tower 13[41][42] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 14[43][42] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 15[44][42] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 16[42] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 17[42] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 18[42] | 140 m (460 ft) | 42 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel Tower 1[45] | 140 m (460 ft) | 40 | 1970 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
Times Tower[46] | 140 m (460 ft) | 33 | 2000 | ![]() | Nairobi |
Michelangelo Towers[47] | 140 m (460 ft) | 34 | 2005 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
Trust Bank Building[48] | 140 m (460 ft) | 34 | 1970 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
ABSA Building[49] | 140 m (460 ft) | 31 | 1970 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
Standard Bank Building[51] | 139 m (456 ft) | 34 | 1968 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
Southern Life Centre[52] | 138 m (453 ft) | 30 | 1973 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
NIB Bank Headquarters[53] | 137 m (449 ft) | 35 | 2022 | ![]() |
Addis Ababa |
Old Mutual Centre[54] | 137 m (449 ft) | 33 | 1995 | ![]() | Durban |
Portside Tower[55] | 136.4 m (448 ft) | 30 | 2014 | ![]() | Cape Town |
Casablanca Finance City Tower | 136 m (446 ft) | 27 | 2019 | ![]() | Casablanca |
The St. Regis Cairo | 136 m (446 ft) | 36 | 2021 | ![]() | Cairo |
National Bank of Egypt Tower 1[56] | 135 m (443 ft) | 33 | 1986 | ![]() | Cairo |
National Bank of Egypt Tower 2[57] | 135 m (443 ft) | 33 | 1986 | ![]() | Cairo |
San Stefano Grand Plaza | 135 m (443 ft) | 31 | 2006 | ![]() | Alexandria[58] |
Champagne Pearl Tower[59] | 135 m (443 ft) | 30 | 2017 | ![]() | |
Mzizima Commercial Tower[60][61] | 134 m (440 ft) | 33 | 2020 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam |
Prism Tower[62][63] | 133 m (436 ft) | 34 | 2018 | ![]() | Nairobi |
Monte Blanc[64] | 132.6 m (435 ft) | 40 | 1985 | ![]() | Durban |
ABSA Tower Pretoria[65] | 132 m (433 ft) | 38 | 1976 | ![]() | Pretoria |
United Bank Headquarters[66] | 131 m(429) ft | 35 | 2022 | ![]() |
Addis Ababa |
JW Marriott Hotel[67] | 130 m (430 ft) | 36 | 2011 | ![]() | Tripoli |
Banco de Mocambique Tower 1[68] | 130 m (430 ft) | 31 | 2015 | ![]() | Maputo |
Bank Misr Building[69] | 130 m (430 ft) | 29 | 1985 | ![]() | Cairo |
NTC Tower[50] | 130 m (430 ft) | 29 | 2009 | ![]() | Khartoum |
209 Smit Street[70] | 128 m (420 ft) | 30 | 1976 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza[71] | 127 m (417 ft) | 31 | 1999 | ![]() | Cairo |
1 Thibault Square[72] | 126.5 m (415 ft) | 32 | 1972 | ![]() | Cape Town |
L'e mac[73][74] | 126 m (413 ft) | 26 | 2016 | ![]() | Nairobi |
Mzizima Residential Tower[75][76] | 126 m (413 ft) | 33 | 2018 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam |
Orange Telecommunication Tower[77][78] | 125 m (410 ft) | 33 | 2013 | ![]() | Antananarivo |
Parliament Tower[79] | 125 m (410 ft) | 26 | 2018 | ![]() | Nairobi |
Pearl Sky[80][81][82] | 124.4 m (408 ft) | 37 | 2018 | ![]() |
Durban |
Bank of Mauritius Tower[72] | 124 m (407 ft) | 26 | 2006 | ![]() | Port Louis |
Union Bank Building[83] | 124 m (407 ft) | 28 | 1991 | ![]() | |
Kine Centre[84] | 123 m (404 ft) | 27 | 1974 | ![]() | Johannesburg |
Rita Tower[85][86] | 122 m (400 ft) | 30 | 2013 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam |
El Maadi Residential Tower 5[87] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 6[87] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 7[87] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 8[87] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 9[87] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 10[87] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 11[87] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
El Maadi Residential Tower 12[87] | 122 m (400 ft) | 35 | 1987 | ![]() | Cairo |
World Trade Centre Abuja, Tower 2[88][89] | 120 m (390 ft) | 25 | 2017 | ![]() | Abuja |
New Reserve Bank Tower[90] | 120 m (390 ft) | 28 | 1997 | ![]() | Harare |
Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel[91] | 120 m (390 ft) | 28 | 2003 | ![]() | Tripoli |
Nessco Building[92] | 120 m (390 ft) | 26 | 2007 | ![]() | Tripoli |
Al Fatah Tower[93] | 120 m (390 ft) | 25 | 2006 | ![]() | Tripoli |
Embassy Building[94] | 120 m (390 ft) | 28 | 1991 | ![]() | Durban |
Teleposta Towers[95] | 120 m (390 ft) | 27 | 2000 | ![]() | Nairobi |
La Cité Administrative Tour D[96] | 120 m (390 ft) | 30 | 1984 | ![]() | Abidjan |
Timeline of tallest skyscrapers in Africa
Name | City | Years as tallest | Metres | Feet | Floors | Photo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Iconic Tower | New Administrative Capital | 2021– | 394 | 1,292 | 77 | ![]() |
The Leonardo | Sandton | 2019–2021 | 227 | 745 | 56 | ![]() |
Carlton Centre | Johannesburg | 1973–2019 | 201 | 660 | 49 | ![]() |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tour F | 387 m (1,270 ft) | 65 | 2025 | ![]() | Abidjan | [97] |
Mohammed VI Tower | 250 m (820 ft) | 55 | 2023 | ![]() | Rabat | [98][99] |
88 Nairobi Condominium Tower | 218 m (715 ft) | 44 | 2023 | ![]() |
Nairobi | [100][101] |
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 | ||||
Al Noor Tower | 540 m (1,770 ft) | 114 | ![]() | Casablanca | Cancelled | [102] |
Father and Son Skyscraper | 470 m (1,540 ft) | 112 | ![]() |
Cairo | Proposed | [103] |
Sand Tower | 450 m (1,480 ft) | 77 | ![]() | Merzouga | Proposed | [104] |
Palm Exotica | 370 m (1,210 ft) | 61 | ![]() |
Malindi | Approved | [105] |
Durban Iconic Tower | 370 m (1,210 ft) | 88 | ![]() | Durban | Proposed | [106] |
The Pinnacle Tower I | 314 m (1,030 ft) | 70 | ![]() |
Nairobi | On Hold | [107][108][109] |
Zanzibar Domino Commercial Tower | 300 m (980 ft) | 78 | ![]() |
Zanzibar City | Proposed | [110] |
Nile Tower | 300 m (980 ft) | 70 | ![]() |
Cairo | Approved | [111] |
Upperhill square | 290 m (950 ft) | 66 | ![]() | Nairobi | Proposed | [112] |
Hope City | 270 m (890 ft) | 72 | ![]() | Accra | Proposed | [113] |
The One Nairobi | 270 m (890 ft) | 70 | ![]() | Nairobi | Proposed | [114] |
Kampala Tower | 222 m (728 ft) | 60 | ![]() | Kampala | Proposed | [115] |
The Pinnacle Tower II | 214 m (702 ft) | 45 | ![]() |
Nairobi | On Hold | [107] |
Hazina Trade Centre | 180 m (590 ft) | 39 | ![]() | Nairobi | On Hold | [116][117] |
Angola World Trade Center Tower A | 170 m (560 ft) | 42 | ![]() | Luanda | Proposed | [118] |
Kakakuona Tower | 170 m (560 ft) | 36 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam | Proposed | [119] |
JW Marriott Hotel | 167 m (548 ft) | 42 | ![]() | Casablanca | On hold | [120][121] |
Kgoro – The Gateway A | ~165 m (541 ft) | 45 | ![]() | Johannesburg | Proposed | [122] |
Kgoro – The Gateway B | ~165 m (541 ft) | 30 | ![]() | Johannesburg | Proposed | [122] |
Dar es Salaam City Center Promise Tower | 165 m (541 ft) | 35 | ![]() | Dar Es Salaam | Proposed | [123] |
La Tour Casa Nearshore | 160 m (520 ft) | 44 | ![]() | Casablanca | On Hold | [124] |
World Trade Centre Abuja Hotel Tower | 158 m (518 ft) | 37 | ![]() | Abuja | Proposed | [125][126] |
Angola World Trade Center Tower B | 150 m (490 ft) | 37 | ![]() | Luanda | Proposed | [118] |
Tour Minam 1 | 140 m (460 ft) | 33 | ![]() | Dakar | Proposed | [127] |
Tour Minam 2 | 140 m (460 ft) | 33 | ![]() | Dakar | Proposed | [127] |
Kingdom Kampala Centre | 123 m (404 ft) | 34 | ![]() | Kampala | Proposed | [128][129] |
Congo Office des Routes | N/A | 32 | ![]() | Kinshasa | On Hold | [130] |
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