This article ranks the tallest buildings on the African continent by height. Initially, only a small number of major financial and commercial centres boasted large skylines, such as Cairo, Johannesburg, New Alamein, Lagos and Nairobi. However, since the 2000s, skyscrapers have been constructed in many other African cities, including Algiers, El Alamein, Durban, Cape Town, Maputo, Salé, Casablanca, Abuja, Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Alexandria, Harare, Abidjan, Luanda and Port Louis.The tallest skyscraper is the Iconic Tower in New Administrative Capital, Egypt, which is 393.8 meters (1,292 ft) tall.
This list ranks African buildings that stand at least 120abbr=onNaNabbr=on 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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393.8m (1,292feet) | 77 | 2024 | Egypt | New Administrative Capital | ||
264.3m (867.1feet) | 36 | 2019 | Algeria | Algiers | ||
Mohammed VI Tower[1] | 250m (820feet) | 55 | 2023 | Morocco | Salé | |
The Leonardo | 234m (768feet) | 56 | 2019 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
Carlton Centre | 223m (732feet) | 50 | 1973 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters[2] [3] | 209.3m (686.7feet) | 46 | 2021[4] | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | |
Alamein Downtown Towers D01 Tower 1[5] | 207.8m (681.8feet) | 56 | 2025 | Egypt | New Alamein | |
Alamein Downtown Towers D01 Tower 2[6] | 207.8m (681.8feet) | 56 | 2025 | Egypt | ||
Alamein Downtown Towers D01 Tower 3[7] | 207.8m (681.8feet) | 56 | 2025 | Egypt | New Alamein | |
Alamein Downtown Towers D01 Tower 4[8] | 207.8m (681.8feet) | 56 | 2025 | Egypt | New Alamein | |
Britam Tower[9] | 200.1m (656.5feet) | 31 | 2017 | Kenya | Nairobi | |
196m (643feet) | 52 | 2023 | Egypt | New Administrative Capital | ||
190m (620feet) | 35 | 2022 | New Administrative Capital | |||
Nairobi Global Trade Centre Office Tower[10] | 184m (604feet) | 43 | 2021 | Kenya | Nairobi | |
176m (577feet) | 43 | 2023 | New Administrative Capital] | |||
176m (577feet) | 43 | 2023 | New Administrative Capital | |||
Ponte City Apartments | 172.8m (566.9feet) | 54 | 1975 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
C04 Office Tower[11] | 170m (560feet) | 34 | 2022 | New Administrative Capital | ||
UAP Tower[12] | 163m (535feet) | 33 | 2016 | Kenya | Nairobi | |
NECOM House[13] | 160.3m (525.9feet) | 32 | 1979 | Lagos | ||
PPF Headquarters[14] | 160m (530feet) | 37 | 2019 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | |
C11 Tower[15] | 160m (530feet) | 27 | 2022 | New Administrative Capital | ||
C12 Tower[16] | 160m (530feet) | 27 | 2022 | New Administrative Capital | ||
Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Yamoussoukro | 158m (518feet) | ? | 1990 | Yamoussoukro | ||
Tanzania Ports Authority Headquarters | 157m (515feet) | 40 | 2016 | Dar es Salaam | ||
C07 Tower[17] | 155m (509feet) | 31 | 2023 | New Administrative Capital | ||
C08 Tower[18] | 155m (509feet) | 31 | 2023 | New Administrative Capital | ||
PSPF Commercial Tower A[19] | 152.7m (501feet) | 35 | 2014 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | |
PSPF Commercial Tower B[20] | 152.7m (501feet) | 35 | 2014 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | |
Marble Towers | 152.1m (499feet) | 32 | 1973 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
Pearl Dawn[21] | 152m (499feet) | 31 | 2010 | South Africa | Durban | |
South African Reserve Bank Building[22] | 148m (486feet) | 38 | 1988 | South Africa | Pretoria | |
88 on Field[23] | 146.5m (480.6feet) | 26 | 1985 | South Africa | Durban | |
MNF Square I[24] | 145m (476feet) | 31 | 2019 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | |
145m (476feet) | 31 | 2019 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | ||
IMOB Business Tower[25] | 145m (476feet) | 35 | 2018 | Luanda | ||
Burj Bulaya Office Tower 1 | 144m (472feet) | 34 | 2007 | Tripoli | ||
Nairobi Global Trade Centre Hotel Tower[26] | 143m (469feet) | 35 | 2021 | Kenya | Nairobi | |
Mzizima Commercial Tower[27] | 143m (469feet) | 35 | 2020 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs[28] | 143m (469feet) | 39 | 1994 | Cairo | ||
El Gezira Tower Movenpick Hotel[29] | 142m (466feet) | 43 | 1996 | Egypt | Cairo | |
Grand Nile Tower Hotel[30] | 142m (466feet) | 41 | 2002 | Egypt | Cairo | |
Nile City North Tower[31] | 142m (466feet) | 34 | 2002 | Egypt | Cairo | |
Nile City South Tower[32] | 142m (466feet) | 34 | 2002 | Egypt | Cairo | |
ABC Building | 141.1m (463 ft) | 33 | 1976 | Zimbabwe | Zvishavane | |
135m (443feet) | 40 | 2023 | Egypt | New Administrative Capital | ||
El Maadi Residential Tower 13[33] | 140m (460feet) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | |
El Maadi Residential Tower 14 | 140m (460feet) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | |
El Maadi Residential Tower 15 | 140m (460feet) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | |
El Maadi Residential Tower 16 | 140m (460feet) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | |
140m (460feet) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | ||
140m (460feet) | 42 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | ||
KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel Tower 1[34] | 140m (460feet) | 40 | 1970 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
Times Tower[35] | 140m (460feet) | 33 | 2000 | Kenya | Nairobi | |
Michelangelo Towers[36] | 140m (460feet) | 34 | 2005 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
Trust Bank Building[37] | 140m (460feet) | 34 | 1970 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
ABSA Building | 140m (460feet) | 31 | 1970 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
Maroc Telecom HQ | 139 m (456 ft) | 20 | 2012 | Morocco | Rabat | |
Standard Bank Building[38] | 139m (456feet) | 34 | 1968 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
Southern Life Centre[39] | 138m (453feet) | 30 | 1973 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
NIB Bank Headquarters[40] | 137 m (449 ft) | 35 | 2022 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | |
Old Mutual Centre | 137m (449feet) | 33 | 1995 | South Africa | Durban | |
Portside Tower | 136.4m (447.5feet) | 30 | 2014 | South Africa | Cape Town | |
Casablanca Finance City Tower | 136m (446feet) | 27 | 2019 | Morocco | Casablanca | |
The St. Regis Cairo | 136m (446feet) | 36 | 2021 | Egypt | Cairo | |
National Bank of Egypt Tower 1 | 135m (443feet) | 33 | 1986 | Egypt | Cairo | |
National Bank of Egypt Tower 2 | 135m (443feet) | 33 | 1986 | Egypt | Cairo | |
135m (443feet) | 31 | 2006 | Egypt | Alexandria[41] | ||
Champagne Pearl Tower[42] | 135m (443feet) | 30 | 2017 | Nigeria | Lagos | |
Mzizima Commercial Tower[43] | 134m (440feet) | 33 | 2020 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | |
Prism Tower[44] | 133m (436feet) | 34 | 2018 | Kenya | Nairobi | |
GTC Residential 1 | 133 m (436 ft) | 33 | 2021 | Kenya | Nairobi | |
Monte Blanc[45] | 132.6m (435feet) | 40 | 1985 | South Africa | Durban | |
ABSA Tower[46] | 132m (433feet) | 38 | 1976 | South Africa | Pretoria | |
United Bank Headquarters[47] | 131 m(429) ft | 35 | 2022 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | |
130m (430feet) | 36 | 2011 | Libya | Tripoli | ||
Banco de Mocambique Tower 1 | 130m (430feet) | 31 | 2015 | Maputo | ||
Bank Misr Building[48] | 130m (430feet) | 29 | 1985 | Egypt | Cairo | |
NTC Tower[49] | 130m (430feet) | 29 | 2009 | Sudan | Khartoum | |
209 Smit Street[50] | 128m (420feet) | 30 | 1976 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza[51] | 127m (417feet) | 31 | 1999 | Egypt | Cairo | |
1 Thibault Square[52] | 126.5m (415feet) | 32 | 1972 | South Africa | Cape Town | |
L'e mac[53] | 126m (413feet) | 26 | 2016 | Kenya | Nairobi | |
Mzizima Residential Tower[54] | 126m (413feet) | 33 | 2018 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | |
125m (410feet) | 77 | 2023 | Egypt | New Administrative Capital | ||
Orange Telecommunication Tower[55] [56] | 125m (410feet) | 33 | 2013 | Madagascar | Antananarivo | |
125m (410feet) | 26 | 2018 | Kenya | Nairobi | ||
Pearl Sky[57] [58] | 124.4m (408.1feet) | 37 | 2018 | South Africa | Durban | |
124m (407feet) | 26 | 2006 | Port Louis | |||
Union Bank Building[59] | 124m (407feet) | 28 | 1991 | Nigeria | Lagos | |
Kine Centre[60] | 123m (404feet) | 27 | 1974 | South Africa | Johannesburg | |
Rita Tower[61] | 122m (400feet) | 30 | 2013 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | |
El Maadi Residential Tower 5[62] | 122m (400feet) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | |
122m (400feet) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | ||
122m (400feet) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | ||
122m (400feet) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | ||
122m (400feet) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | ||
122m (400feet) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | ||
122m (400feet) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | ||
122m (400feet) | 35 | 1987 | Egypt | Cairo | ||
Torre I de Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 120 m (390 ft) | 35 | 2004 | Canary Islands | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | |
Torre II de Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 120 m (390 ft) | 35 | 2006 | Canary Islands | Santa Cruz de Tenerife | |
BCP Tower | 120 m (390 ft) | 29 | 2022 | Morocco | Casablanca | |
World Trade Centre Abuja, Tower 2[63] | 120m (390feet) | 25 | 2017 | Nigeria | Abuja | |
New Reserve Bank Tower[64] | 120m (390feet) | 28 | 1997 | Harare | ||
Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel[65] | 120m (390feet) | 28 | 2003 | Libya | Tripoli | |
Nessco Building[66] | 120m (390feet) | 26 | 2007 | Libya | Tripoli | |
Al Fatah Tower[67] | 120m (390feet) | 25 | 2006 | Libya | Tripoli | |
Embassy Building[68] | 120m (390feet) | 28 | 1991 | South Africa | Durban | |
Teleposta Towers[69] | 120m (390feet) | 27 | 2000 | Kenya | Nairobi | |
La Cité Administrative Tour D[70] | 120m (390feet) | 30 | 1984 | Ivory Coast | Abidjan |
Name | City | Years as tallest | Metres | Feet | Floors | Photo | |
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Iconic Tower | New Administrative Capital | 2023– | 394 | 1,292 | 77 | ||
Great Mosque of Algiers Tower | Algiers | 2019–2023 | 264 | 870 | 36 | ||
The Leonardo | Johannesburg | 2019 | 234 | 770 | 55 | ||
Carlton Centre | Johannesburg | 1973–2019 | 223 | 730 | 50 | ||
Marble Towers | Johannesburg | 1973 | 152 | 499 | 49 | ||
Johannesburg | 1970 - 1973 | 140 | 459 | 31 | |||
Johannesburg | 1968 - 1970 | 138.8 | 455 | 34 | |||
Johannesburg | 1965 - 1968 | 110 | 361 | 21 | |||
1965 - 1965 | 105 | 345 | 26 | ||||
1954 - 1965 | 102 | 335 | 32 | ||||
1940 - 1954 | 91 | 298 | 18 | ||||
Johannesburg | 1936 - 1940 | 80 | 262 | 18 | |||
1913 - 1936 | 60 | 196 | 10 |
This list ranks buildings currently under construction in Africa that will stand at least 100m (300feet) tall.
Name | Height | Floors | Year | Country | City | Notes | |
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Tour F | 385.8m (1,265.7feet) | 64 | 2026 | Abidjan | |||
Ethiopian Electric Power Headquarters | 327.5m (1,074.5feet) | 62 | 2027 | Addis Ababa | |||
300 m (820 ft) | 68 | 2025 | Egypt | El Alamein | |||
Bank of Abyssinia Headquarters | 270m (890feet) | 60 | 2025 | Addis Ababa | |||
Capital Diamond Tower | 200 m (784 ft) | 45 | 2026 | Egypt | New Administrative Capital | ||
Infinity Tower | 200m (700feet) | 45 | 2025 | Egypt | New Administrative Capital | ||
88 Nairobi Condominium Tower | 150m (490feet) | 47 | 2024 | Kenya | Nairobi | [71] | |
Oromia Insurance Company Headquarters | 149.8m (491.5feet) | 40 | 2025 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | [72] |
This section lists skyscrapers that are on-hold, approved or proposed in Africa, and are planned to rise over 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on tall.
Name | Height | Floors | Country | |||||||||||||||
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City | Status | Notes | - | 1000m (3,000feet) | 179 | Vision | [73] --> | - | Oblisco Capitale | 1000m (3,000feet) | 250 | Egypt | New Administrative Capital | Approved | [74] | |||
470m (1,540feet) | ? | Egypt | Proposed | [75] | ||||||||||||||
Tower of Sand | 450m (1,480feet) | ? | Morocco | Proposed | [76] | |||||||||||||
Palm Exotica | 370m (1,210feet) | 61 | Kenya | Watamu | On Hold | [77] | ||||||||||||
The Pinnacle Tower | 320m (1,050feet) | 67 | Kenya | Nairobi | On Hold | [78] [79] | ||||||||||||
Zanzibar Domino Commercial Tower | 300m (1,000feet) | 78 | Tanzania | Zanzibar City | Proposed | [80] | ||||||||||||
Nile Tower | 300m (1,000feet) | 70 | Egypt | Cairo | Proposed | |||||||||||||
290m (950feet) | 66 | Proposed | [81] | - | 280m (920feet) | 62–70 | Kenya | Nairobi | Proposed | --> | ||||||||
250m (820feet) | 70 | On Hold | [82] | |||||||||||||||
270m (890feet) | 75 | Proposed | [83] | |||||||||||||||
270m (890feet) | 70 | Kenya | Nairobi | Proposed | [84] | |||||||||||||
222m (728feet) | 60 | Proposed | ||||||||||||||||
219m (719feet) | 44 | Addis Ababa | Proposed | [85] | ||||||||||||||
The Pinnacle Tower II | 214m (702feet) | 45 | Kenya | Nairobi | On Hold | |||||||||||||
210m (690feet) | 55 | Proposed | ||||||||||||||||
180m (590feet) | 39 | Kenya | Nairobi | On Hold | [86] | |||||||||||||
170m (560feet) | 42 | Proposed | [87] | |||||||||||||||
170m (560feet) | 36 | Proposed | ||||||||||||||||
JW Marriott Hotel | 167m (548feet) | 42 | Casablanca | On hold | [88] | |||||||||||||
165m (541feet) | 35 | Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Proposed | ||||||||||||||
La Tour Casa Nearshore | 160m (530feet) | 44 | Morocco | Casablanca | On Hold | [89] | ||||||||||||
158m (518feet) | 37 | Proposed | [90] | |||||||||||||||
150m (490feet) | 37 | Angola | Luanda | Proposed | ||||||||||||||
140m (460feet) | 33 | Proposed | [91] | |||||||||||||||
140m (460feet) | 33 | Senegal | Dakar | Proposed | ||||||||||||||
Kingdom Kampala Centre | 123m (404feet) | 34 | Uganda | Proposed | [92] [93] | |||||||||||||