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Tallest High-rise Buildings in Continents: Africa

#	Tallest Building	City	Height	Floors	Year
1.	Carlton Centre Office Tower	Johannesburg	223 m	50	1973
2.	Marble Towers	Johannesburg	152 m	32	1973
3.	South African Reserve Bank Building	Pretoria	150 m	38	1988
4.	Metlife Centre	Cape Town	150 m	28	1993
5.	88 on Field	Durban	147 m	26	1985
6.	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Cairo	143 m	39	1994
7.	El Gezira Tower Movenpick Hotel	Cairo	142 m	43	1996
8.	Grand Hyatt Cairo	Cairo	142 m	41	2002
9.	Nile City South Tower	Cairo	142 m	34	2003
10.	Nile City North Tower	Cairo	142 m	34	2002
11.	ABC Building	Zvishavane	141 m	33	1976
12.	Kwa Dukuza Egoli Hotel Tower 1	Johannesburg	140 m	40	1985
13.	Michelangelo Towers	Sandton	140 m	34	2005
14.	Trust Bank Building	Johannesburg	140 m	31	1970
15.	El Maadi Residential Tower 13	Cairo	140 m	42	1987
16.	El Maadi Residential Tower 14	Cairo	140 m	42	1987
17.	El Maadi Residential Tower 15	Cairo	140 m	42	1987
18.	El Maadi Residential Tower 16	Cairo	140 m	42	1987
19.	Times Tower	Nairobi	140 m	38	1997
20.	Standard Bank Centre	Johannesburg	139 m	34	1968
21.	Southern Life Centre	Johannesburg	138 m	30	1973
22.	Cairo Plaza Building	Cairo	135 m	33	1986
23.	National Bank of Egypt Tower	Cairo	135 m	33	1986
24.	Monte Blanc	Durban	133 m	40	1985
25.	ABSA Building	Pretoria	132 m	38	1976

Last update: 11/2009.

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