List of tallest buildings in Africa

This article ranks the tallest skyscrapers on the African continent by height. Initially, only a small number of major financial and commercial centres boasted large skylines, such as Cairo, Johannesburg, 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.

Mohammed VI Tower in Rabat, Morocco

Nairobi, Kenya

Cairo, Egypt

Cape Town, South Africa

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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
Iconic Tower	393.8 m (1,292 ft)	77	2024	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Great Mosque of Algiers Tower	264.3 m (867 ft)	36	2019	Algeria	Algiers
Mohammed VI Tower[1]	250 m (820 ft)	55	2023	Morocco	Salé
The Leonardo	234 m (768 ft)	56	2019	South Africa	Johannesburg
Carlton Centre	223 m (732 ft)	50	1973	South Africa	Johannesburg
Hassan II Mosque	210 m (690 ft)	N/A	1993	Morocco	Casablanca
Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters[2][3][4]	209.3 m (687 ft)	46	2021[5]	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
Alamein Downtown Towers D01 Tower 1[6]	207.8 m (682 ft)	56	2025	Egypt	New Alamein
Alamein Downtown Towers D01 Tower 2[7]	207.8 m (682 ft)	56	2025	Egypt	New Alamein
Alamein Downtown Towers D01 Tower 3[8]	207.8 m (682 ft)	56	2025	Egypt	New Alamein
Alamein Downtown Towers D01 Tower 4[9]	207.8 m (682 ft)	56	2025	Egypt	New Alamein
Britam Tower[10][11]	200.1 m (656 ft)	31	2017	Kenya	Nairobi
New Administrative Capital Building D01	196 m (643 ft)	49	2023	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Nairobi Global Trade Centre Office Tower[12][13]	184 m (604 ft)	43	2021	Kenya	Nairobi
New Administrative Capital Building D02	176 m (577 ft)	44	2023	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
New Administrative Capital Building D03	176 m (577 ft)	44	2023	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
New Administrative Capital Building C01	174 m (571 ft)	35	2022	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Ponte City Apartments	172.8 m (567 ft)	54	1975	South Africa	Johannesburg
New Administrative Capital Building C04[14]	170 m (560 ft)	34	2022	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
UAP Tower[15][16]	163 m (535 ft)	33	2016	Kenya	Nairobi
NECOM House[17]	160.3 m (526 ft)	32	1979	Nigeria	Lagos
PPF Headquarters[18][19]	160 m (520 ft)	37	2019	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
New Administrative Capital Building C11[20]	160 m (520 ft)	27	2022	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
New Administrative Capital Building C12[21]	160 m (520 ft)	27	2022	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Yamoussoukro[22]	158 m (518 ft)	N/A	1990	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro
Tanzania Ports Authority Headquarters[23]	157 m (515 ft)	40	2016	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
New Administrative Capital Building C07[24][25]	155 m (509 ft)	31	2023	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
New Administrative Capital Building C08[26][27]	155 m (509 ft)	31	2023	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
NSSF Pension Towers	155 m (509 ft)	32	2024	Uganda	Kampala
PSPF Commercial Tower A[28][29]	152.7 m (501 ft)	35	2014	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
PSPF Commercial Tower B[30][31]	152.7 m (501 ft)	35	2014	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
Marble Towers	152.1 m (499 ft)	32	1973	South Africa	Johannesburg
Pearl Dawn[32]	152 m (499 ft)	31	2010	South Africa	Durban
South African Reserve Bank Building[33]	148 m (486 ft)	38	1988	South Africa	Pretoria
88 on Field[34]	146.5 m (481 ft)	26	1985	South Africa	Durban
MNF Square I[35]	145 m (476 ft)	31	2019	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
MNF Square II[35]	145 m (476 ft)	31	2019	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
IMOB Business Tower[36][37]	145 m (476 ft)	35	2018	Angola	Luanda
Burj Bulaya Office Tower 1[38]	144 m (472 ft)	34	2007	Libya	Tripoli
Nairobi Global Trade Centre Hotel Tower[39][40]	143 m (469 ft)	35	2021	Kenya	Nairobi
Mzizima Commercial Tower[41][42]	143 m (469 ft)	35	2020	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
Ministry of Foreign Affairs[43]	143 m (469 ft)	39	1994	Egypt	Cairo
El Gezira Tower Movenpick Hotel[44]	142 m (466 ft)	43	1996	Egypt	Cairo
Nile City North Tower[45]	142 m (466 ft)	34	2002	Egypt	Cairo
Nile City South Tower[46]	142 m (466 ft)	34	2002	Egypt	Cairo
ABC Building	141.1m (463 ft)	33	1976	Zimbabwe	Zvishavane
El Maadi Residential Tower 13[47][48]	140 m (460 ft)	42	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 14[49][48]	140 m (460 ft)	42	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 15[50][48]	140 m (460 ft)	42	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 16[48]	140 m (460 ft)	42	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 17[48]	140 m (460 ft)	42	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 18[48]	140 m (460 ft)	42	1987	Egypt	Cairo
KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel Tower 1[51]	140 m (460 ft)	40	1985	South Africa	Johannesburg
Times Tower[52]	140 m (460 ft)	38	2000	Kenya	Nairobi
Michelangelo Towers[53]	140 m (460 ft)	34	2005	South Africa	Johannesburg
Trust Bank Building[54]	140 m (460 ft)	31	1970	South Africa	Johannesburg
ABSA Building[55]	140 m (460 ft)	31	1970	South Africa	Johannesburg
Maroc Telecom HQ	139 m (456 ft)	20	2012	Morocco	Rabat
Standard Bank Centre[56]	139 m (456 ft)	34	1968	South Africa	Johannesburg
Southern Life Centre[57]	138 m (453 ft)	30	1973	South Africa	Johannesburg
NIB Bank Headquarters[58]	137 m (449 ft)	35	2022	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
Old Mutual Centre[59]	137 m (449 ft)	33	1995	South Africa	Durban
Portside Tower[60]	136.4 m (448 ft)	30	2014	South Africa	Cape Town
Casablanca Finance City Tower	136 m (446 ft)	27	2019	Morocco	Casablanca
The St. Regis Cairo	136 m (446 ft)	36	2021	Egypt	Cairo
National Bank of Egypt Tower 1[61]	135 m (443 ft)	33	1986	Egypt	Cairo
National Bank of Egypt Tower 2[62]	135 m (443 ft)	33	1986	Egypt	Cairo
San Stefano Grand Plaza	135 m (443 ft)	31	2006	Egypt	Alexandria[63]
Champagne Pearl Tower[64]	135 m (443 ft)	30	2017	Nigeria	Eko Atlantic
D04 Residential Tower	135 m (443 ft)	40	2023	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Mzizima Commercial Tower[65][66]	134 m (440 ft)	33	2020	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
Prism Tower[67][68]	133 m (436 ft)	34	2018	Kenya	Nairobi
GTC Residential 1	133 m (436 ft)	33	2021	Kenya	Nairobi
Monte Blanc[69]	132.6 m (435 ft)	40	1985	South Africa	Durban
ABSA Tower[70]	132 m (433 ft)	38	1976	South Africa	Pretoria
M Tower[71]	131 m(429) ft	32	2026	Morocco	Casablanca
United Bank Headquarters[72]	131 m(429) ft	35	2022	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
Shift Tower[73]	130 m (430 ft)	35	2026	Morocco	Casablanca
JW Marriott Tripoli[74]	130 m (430 ft)	36	2011	Libya	Tripoli
Banco de Mocambique Tower 1[75]	130 m (430 ft)	31	2015	Mozambique	Maputo
Bank Misr Building[76]	130 m (430 ft)	29	1985	Egypt	Cairo
NTC Tower[77]	130 m (430 ft)	29	2009	Sudan	Khartoum
209 Smit Street[78]	128 m (420 ft)	30	1976	South Africa	Johannesburg
Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza[79]	127 m (417 ft)	31	1999	Egypt	Cairo
1 Thibault Square[80]	126.5 m (415 ft)	32	1972	South Africa	Cape Town
L'e mac[81][82]	126 m (413 ft)	26	2016	Kenya	Nairobi
Mzizima Residential Tower[83][84]	126 m (413 ft)	33	2018	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
New Administrative Capital D05	125 m (410 ft)	77	2023	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Orange Telecommunication Tower[85][86]	125 m (410 ft)	33	2013	Madagascar	Antananarivo
Parliament Tower[87]	125 m (410 ft)	26	2018	Kenya	Nairobi
Pearl Sky[88][89][90]	124.4 m (408 ft)	37	2018	South Africa	Durban
Bank of Mauritius Tower[80]	124 m (407 ft)	26	2006	Mauritius	Port Louis
Union Bank Building[91]	124 m (407 ft)	28	1991	Nigeria	Lagos
Kine Centre[92]	123 m (404 ft)	27	1974	South Africa	Johannesburg
Rita Tower[93][94]	122 m (400 ft)	30	2013	Tanzania	Dar es Salaam
El Maadi Residential Tower 5[95]	122 m (400 ft)	35	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 6[95]	122 m (400 ft)	35	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 7[95]	122 m (400 ft)	35	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 8[95]	122 m (400 ft)	35	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 9[95]	122 m (400 ft)	35	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 10[95]	122 m (400 ft)	35	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 11[95]	122 m (400 ft)	35	1987	Egypt	Cairo
El Maadi Residential Tower 12[95]	122 m (400 ft)	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[96][97]	120 m (390 ft)	25	2017	Nigeria	Abuja
New Reserve Bank Tower[98]	120 m (390 ft)	28	1997	Zimbabwe	Harare
Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel[99]	120 m (390 ft)	28	2003	Libya	Tripoli
Nessco Building[100]	120 m (390 ft)	26	2007	Libya	Tripoli
Al Fatah Tower[101]	120 m (390 ft)	25	2006	Libya	Tripoli
Embassy Building[102]	120 m (390 ft)	28	1991	South Africa	Durban
Teleposta Towers[103]	120 m (390 ft)	27	2000	Kenya	Nairobi
La Cité Administrative Tour D[104]	120 m (390 ft)	30	1984	Ivory Coast	Abidjan

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Timeline of tallest skyscrapers in Africa

Name	City	Years as tallest	Metres	Feet	Floors	Photo
Iconic Tower	New Administrative Capital	2024–	394	1,292	77
Great Mosque of Algiers Tower	Algiers	2019–2024	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
KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel Tower 1	Johannesburg	1970–1973	140	459	40
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
Rissik Street Post Office	Johannesburg	1897–1965	102	335	4

Tallest under construction, approved or proposed

Luanda, Angola, is undergoing massive reconstruction due to the end of the Angolan Civil War.

Artist's impression of the Neotown development in Port Louis, Mauritius

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
Oblisco Capitale	1,000 m (3,300 ft)	210	2030	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Tour F	421 m (1,381 ft)	75	2026	Ivory Coast	Abidjan	[105]
Ethiopian Electric Power Headquarters	328 m (1,076 ft)	62	2027	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	[106]
Bank of Abyssinia Headquarters	270 m (890 ft)	60	2025	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa
First Bank Headquarters	252 m (827 ft)	43	2028	Nigeria	Lagos
Alamein Downtown Iconic Tower	250 m (820 ft)	68	2025	Egypt	El Alamein
Nile Business City	233 m (764 ft)	50	2026	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Capital Diamond Tower	200 m (660 ft)	45	2026	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Infinity Tower	200 m (660 ft)	45	2025	Egypt	New Administrative Capital
Gate Towers	170 m (558 ft)	44	2023	Egypt	El Alamein
88 Nairobi Condominium Tower	150 m (490 ft)	47	2025	Kenya	Nairobi	[107][108]
Oromia Insurance Company Headquarters	150 m (490 ft)	40	2025	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	[109]

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
				City	Status	Notes
Father and Son Skyscraper	470 m (1,540 ft)	112	Egypt	Cairo	Proposed	[110]
Tower of Sand	450 m (1,480 ft)		Morocco	Marrakech	Proposed	[111]
Chuan Hui International Tower	448 m (1,470 ft)	99	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Proposed
Symbio-City	447 m (1,467 ft)	110	South Africa	Centurion	Proposed
Lagos Elevation Tower	377 m (1,237 ft)	75	Nigeria	Lagos	Proposed
Palm Exotica	370 m (1,210 ft)	61	Kenya	Watamu	Proposed	[112]
The Pinnacle Tower	320 m (1,050 ft)	67	Kenya	Nairobi	On Hold	[113][114][115]
Zanzibar Domino Commercial Tower	300 m (980 ft)	78	Tanzania	Zanzibar City	Proposed	[116]
Nile Tower	300 m (980 ft)	70	Egypt	Cairo	Proposed	[117]
El Djazair Towers	300 m (980 ft)	62	Algeria	Oran	Proposed
Upperhill Square	290 m (950 ft)	66	Kenya	Nairobi	Proposed	[118]
Hope City	270 m (890 ft)	75	Ghana	Accra	Proposed	[119]
Mesob Tower	250 m (820 ft)	70	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	On Hold	[120]
Kampala Tower	222 m (728 ft)	60	Uganda	Kampala	Proposed	[121]
Quara Manufacturing PLC Tower	219 m (719 ft)	44	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Proposed	[122]
Forbes International Tower	210 m (690 ft)	57	Egypt	New Administrative Capital	Proposed	[123]
The Pinnacle Tower II	201 m (659 ft)	45	Kenya	Nairobi	On Hold	[113]
Sherazade Tower	200 m (660 ft)	47	Algeria	Oran	Proposed
Zayed Crystal Spark Tower	200 m (660 ft)	49	Egypt	Cairo	Proposed
Maputo Business Tower	190 m (620 ft)	47	Mozambique	Maputo	On Hold
Hazina Trade Centre	180 m (590 ft)	39	Kenya	Nairobi	On Hold	[124][125]
Maputo Towers 1	170 m (560 ft)	44	Mozambique	Maputo	Proposed
Maputo Towers 2	170 m (560 ft)	44	Mozambique	Maputo	Proposed
JW Marriott Hotel	167 m (548 ft)	42	Morocco	Casablanca	On Hold	[126][127]
Eko White Pearl Tower	165 m (541 ft)	31	Nigeria	Lagos	Proposed
La Tour Casa Nearshore	160 m (520 ft)	44	Morocco	Casablanca	On Hold	[128]
Montave	160 m (520 ft)	40	Kenya	Nairobi	On Hold
World Trade Center Hotel Tower	158 m (518 ft)	37	Nigeria	Abuja	Proposed	[129][130]
Angola World Trade Center Tower A	155 m (509 ft)	42	Angola	Luanda	On Hold	[131]
Cytonn Towers	150 m (490 ft)	35	Kenya	Nairobi	Proposed
Tour Minam 1	140 m (460 ft)	33	Senegal	Dakar	Proposed	[132]
Tour Minam 2	140 m (460 ft)	33	Senegal	Dakar	Proposed	[132]
Angola World Trade Center Tower B	135 m (443 ft)	37	Angola	Luanda	On Hold	[131]
Kingdom Kampala Hotel	123 m (404 ft)	34	Uganda	Kampala	Proposed	[133][134]

See also

• Architecture portal

• List of tallest buildings in Algeria
• List of tallest buildings in Egypt
• List of tallest buildings in Kenya
• List of tallest buildings in Morocco
• List of tallest buildings in Nigeria
• List of tallest buildings in Tanzania
• List of tallest buildings in Zimbabwe
• List of tallest buildings in South Africa
• List of tallest buildings in Abidjan
• List of tallest buildings in Cairo
• List of tallest buildings in Cape Town
• List of tallest buildings in Kampala
• List of tallest buildings in Luanda