| Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters | |
| Groundbreaking Date: | October 2015 |
| Location City: | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Coordinates: | 9.0166°N 38.7543°W |
| Status: | Completed |
| Topped Out Date: | 11 November 2018 |
| Owner: | Commercial Bank of Ethiopia |
| Floor Area: | 150,000 sq m |
| Architecture Firm: | Henn GmbH |
| Main Contractor: | China State Construction Engineering Corporation |
| Height: | 209 m |
| Floor Count: | 53 |
| Cost: | ETB 5.3 billion (US$303 million) |
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters is a skyscraper in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that was completed on 13 February 2022 and became the tallest building in Ethiopia. It serves as the headquarters of the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, the country's largest bank. It also is the tallest building in all of East Africa.[1] [2] [3]
Construction commenced in 2015 under a deal with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation.[4] The foundation stone was laid on 27 June 2015.[5] The building was then topped out in the second half of 2019. Cladding work however has been delayed due to the foreign currency shortage in Ethiopia[6] that made it harder for local businesses to fund imports, thus, affected the bank's financial[7] as it still controlled most of the country's banking activities in 2020.[8]
The building was originally scheduled to be completed on 19 January 2019.[5] As of August 2018, construction of the building is scheduled to be completed in 2020.[2]
In February 2022, the building was officially inaugurated to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia.[9]
The building site is an 18,000 meter plot on Ras Desta Damtew Road in Addis Ababa.[5]
The building is 209 meters tall with 46 stories, two 5-story podiums, and 20-metre deep underground parking lots.[1] [5] The building design includes 46 above-ground floors, a mezzanine level, a ground floor, and 4 basement levels.[5] The building have 150,000 square meters of floor area.[1]
Its design includes eight conference halls, an emergency waiting room for disasters, two restaurants on the top two floors, and a sightseeing tower.[5]
It is the tallest building in Ethiopia and East Africa.[4] [5]