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chrisooblog:
like I said with a distance of 206 km from Nairobi I'm seriously skeptical how it's possible to view Kilimanjaro no matter how tall it is. even your own country men were trolling that claim on twitter

You are one of the doubters that need this video.

For the doubters. Video by @marquington pic.twitter.com/CzEwsG46qR

— Kenya Pics (@kenyapics) April 16, 2020

chrisooblog:
Mt Kenya yes but Kilimanjaro

The main reason Mt Kilimanjaro is mostly seen from Nairobi is the due to the geographical topography of the southern parts of Nairobi. Kilimanjaro which lies to the south of Nairobi has no mountain or any hill blocking it and also remember that you also said that Mt Everest can't be seen 140km away and that's the main reason I posted Mt Kenya's views from Nairobi which is equivalent to your estimation. You have to consider that Mt Everest is 8,000m going up compared to Mt Kenya and Mt Kilimanjaro which are 5,000m each so your point was complete guess work.

tylann:
So is Mt Kilimanjaro

Here is Mt Kilimanjaro from Nairobi, Kilimani district.

tylann:
Ooh ckuwa najua
Na thika road outering road interchange

I confirmed it from here.

tylann:

Ama thika road outering interchange

Nop, it's Kisumu man.

forgiveness:
Fake South African news.

This is 2019 ranking. Other countries are not sleeping and they have overtaken South Africa. The reason I said Nigeria will soon take over to become number one in Africa.

Can you tell me how many km of roads Rwanda take overtake South Africa? Bhuhahahaha!

But I can't see any West African country in your list

chrisooblog:
you guys can lie for Africa. Guys the distance between Nairobi to Mount Kilimanjaro is 206 kilometres. for my Nigerian peeps this is far greater that the distance between Lagos to ibadan. Even Mount Everest that is one of the tallest mountains in the World can barely be seen from 140 kilometres on a clear day

Mt Kenya which is 140km from Nairobi can be clearly seen.

Shma:
sijui man
I guess in kariobangi?

It's Kisumu. The interchange at CDC towards airport.

tylann:
Which road is this
The first pic

Kisumu

Just30:
get you stats right

Kenya has 180,000km of road networks and only 9,000km is tarred

We generally use 12k km just to save face for you.

Stop lying a lot, as of 2018 Kenya had a total of 18,600 km of paved roads.
https://www.nation.co.ke/news/1-621km-of-roads-paved-in-2018/1056-5088982-view-asAMP-bhqw06z/index.html

Kenya

rvp20182:
It's only in Nairobi where you can see Africa tallest mountain (that we donated to TZ) Mt Kilimanjaro and 2nd tablet mountain (Kenya).

Mt Kenya (where country got it name) rises on the background of Nairobi

More of Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Kenya from Nairobi. The first two pics are of Mt Kilimanjaro and the last one is Mt Kenya. Mt Kilimanjaro is 206km from(South) Nairobi while Mt Kenya is 140km North of Nairobi.

Kisumu Kenya.

forgiveness:
The bolded said it all. Completed structures. Milennium tower is not completed yet though topped out.

You are lying too much. The building was opened in 2014 meaning construction was done in 2014.

forgiveness:
The reason GTC is yet to be listed is why Milennium tower is yet to be listed .

Millennium was completed in 2014 and should be on the list while GTC is not even 90% complete.

forgiveness:
It is listed. Confirmed.

Listed where? Wikipedia or?

Shma:
it is not yet done, your pillar was completed back in 2014.

Tell him that pillars are listed among pillars.

Here is another list of tallest complete buildings as of October 2019. Same buildings as with the ones I posted in the earlier post.


Sat. Mar 28, 2020


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Top 15 and Best Tallest Buildings in Africa

1. Leonardo, South Africa

Leonardo is a 234-meter-tall, 55-floor mixed use development that is being finalized in Sand ton, South Africa. Construction of Leonardo began on 17 November 2015, and the tower topped out in April 2019 officially becoming the tallest building in Africa.

2. Carlton Centre, South Africa

The Carlton Centre, a 223-meter-tall skyscraper and shopping center in Johannesburg, South Africa, has remained the tallest building in Africa since its completion in 1973.



3. Britam Tower, Kenya

Britam Tower, a 200-meter-tall office complex in Upper Hill, Nairobi, was officially opened to the public in July 2018, overtaking UAP Old Mutual Tower as the tallest building in Kenya.

4. Ponte City, South Africa

Ponte City is a 172.8-meter-tall skyscraper in the Berea suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Built in 1975, the 55-storey tower that was designed by South African architect. Ponte City boasts a cylindrical design, with an open center allowing additional natural light into the apartments

5. UAP Tower, Kenya.

Located atUpper Hill, Nairobi, 163-meter-tall UAP Old-Mutual-Tower became the tallest building in Kenya when it opened in July 2016 after more than five years of construction.

6. NECOM House, Nigeria

It’s a 160-meter-tall skyscraper in Lagos, is officially the tallest building in Nigeria and the entirety of West Africa.

7. Tanzania Ports Authority Tower, Tanzania

Tanzania Ports Authority Tower, a 157-meter-tall tower in Dar es Salaam, is the tallest building in Tanzania. Completed in 2016, the 35-storey building serves as the headquarters of the Tanzania Ports Authority.

8. PSPF Towers, Tanzania

PSPF Towers is a 153-meter-tall twin tower building in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The 35-storey building is designed to create a flexible module that can host countless office setups for a variety of uses.

9. Marble Tower, South Africa

Originally known as Sanlam Centre, Marble Towers is one of the popular landmarks of Johannesburg. Built in 1973, the 32-storey commercial building that is made from concrete and marble has South Africa’s largest electronic advertising board on its façade.



10. Pearl Dawn, South Africa

Pearl Dawn, a 152-meter-tall residential skyscraper in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ends the list of the ten tallest buildings in Africa.

forgiveness:
Tell my why GTC is not in the list of tallest buildings in Africa?

GTC is incomplete. Have you ever seen incomplete buildings getting ranked no matter how tall they are?

theenchanter:
because its a telecommunication tower, dont u get it?

You don't make sense at all. It is because three quarter of it is inhabitable just like your Millennium. If three quarter of it could be inhabitable then the structure could be listed among tallest buildings even if it is a communication tower.

theenchanter:
tell me just one reason why i shouldn't reiterate that u're a mad man.

Is hillbrow tower not a telecommunication tower? why u mumu like this na.

Answer the question you have been asked. Why is it not listed as the tallest tower in Africa yet it is 296m?

forgiveness:
Who is Judy Mwende? Nobody takes him seriously.

What you have to know is that structures with less than three quarter of inhabitable space is not usually regarded as tower. So Millennium is not and will never be listed among the tallest buildings in Africa.

forgiveness:
This doesn't look like Parliament tower. Try harder.

So you know Parliament tower better than me? Ok tell me, which tower is this?

forgiveness:
Yes of course! It's number 4 in Africa.

Wikipedia??



INSIGHTSTop 10 tallest building in Africa
A quick overview of the tallest skyscrapers in Africa.
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The Leonardo in Sandton. PHOTO | COURTESY
The history of skyscrapers in Africa began in 1973 with the construction of Carlton Centre in Johannesburg, which held the title of the tallest building in Africa until April 2019.

Having felt the prestige that comes with hosting the tallest towers in the land, it is not surprising that South Africa has worked itself up to command the lion’s share of the tallest buildings in Africa.

Here are the 10 tallest buildings in Africa:

1. Leonardo, South Africa



Leonardo is a 234-meter-tall, 55-floor mixed use development that is being finalized in Sandton, South Africa. The skyscraper is located at 75 Maude Street, about 100 meters from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Construction of Leonardo began on 17 November 2015, and the tower topped out in April 2019 – officially becoming the tallest building in Africa.

Leonardo is 11 meters taller than Carlton Centre, which has held the continental title for 46 years.

2. Carlton Centre, South Africa

The Carlton Centre, a 223-meter-tall skyscraper and shopping center in Johannesburg, South Africa, has remained the tallest building in Africa since its completion in 1973.




Carlton Centre in Johannesburg. PHOTO | COURTESY
Designed by US architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Carlton Centre resembles the famous One Seneca Tower in Buffalo, New York, which was completed in the same year.

With a total of 50 habitable floors, Carlton Centre was once the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere – the southern half of the Earth!

3. Britam Tower, Kenya

Britam Tower, a 200-meter-tall office complex in Upper Hill, Nairobi, was officially opened to the public in July 2018, overtaking UAP Old Mutual Tower as the tallest building in Kenya.

The 31-storey tower, whose construction started in early 2013 and ended in September 2017, boasts a very unique prismic design. At its widest, the building looks like a black pyramid with the top corner missing and from other views it becomes a more slender black prism.

Britam Tower in Upper Hill, Nairobi.
Britam Tower in Upper Hill, Nairobi. PHOTO | FILE
In 2018, Britam Tower became the first building in Africa to be feted in the Emporis Skyscrapers Award’s 19-year history after it was named the 10th best skyscraper in the world.

4. Ponte City, South Africa



Ponte City is a 172.8-meter-tall skyscraper in the Berea suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Built in 1975, the 55-storey tower that was designed by South African architect Manfred Hermer is tallest residential building in Africa.

Ponte City boasts a cylindrical design, with an open center allowing additional natural light into the apartments. The building is documented as the first cylindrical skyscraper in Africa.


Ponte City in Johannesburg. PHOTO | COURTESY
5. UAP Tower, Kenya

Located in Upper Hill, Nairobi, 163-meter-tall UAP Old Mutual Tower became the tallest building in Kenya when it opened in July 2016 after more than five years of construction.

The 31-storey building, which has since lost the title to Britam Tower, offers some 300,000 square feet of Grade A office space in Nairobi’s fastest growing commercial district.

UAP Old Mutual Tower in Upper Hill, Nairobi.
The UAP Old Mutual Tower in Nairobi. PHOTO | FILE
Standing at an altitude of 5,700 feet above sea level, UAP Old Mutual Tower unseated Rahimtulla Tower as the highest point in Nairobi.

6. NECOM House, Nigeria

NECOM House (formerly NITEL Tower and earlier, the NET Building), a 160-meter-tall skyscraper in Lagos, is officially the tallest building in Nigeria and the entirety of West Africa.

Completed in 1979, the building houses the headquarters of former state-run telco, the Nigerian Telecommunication Limited. The spire at the top of the building serves as a lighthouse beacon for Lagos Harbor.


NECOM House in Lagos. PHOTO | COURTESY
NECOM House was designed by Ghanaian architectural firm Nickson Borys, and Partners and it was built by UK-based Costain Group. It took over from Cocoa House as Nigeria’s tallest building.

7. Tanzania Ports Authority Tower, Tanzania

Tanzania Ports Authority Tower, a 157-meter-tall tower in Dar es Salaam, is the tallest building in Tanzania. Completed in 2016, the 35-storey building serves as the headquarters of the Tanzania Ports Authority.


Tanzania Ports Authority Tower. PHOTO | COURTESY
8. PSPF Towers, Tanzania

PSPF Towers is a 153-meter-tall twin tower building in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The 35-storey building is designed to create a flexible module that can host countless office setups for a variety of uses.


PSPF Towers. PHOTO | COURTESY
9. Marble Tower, South Africa

Originally known as Sanlam Centre, Marble Towers is one of the popular landmarks of Johannesburg. Built in 1973, the 32-storey commercial building that is made from concrete and marble has South Africa’s largest electronic advertising board on its façade.

Marble Towers tops the Pearl Dawn building in Durban by just a centimeter.


10. Pearl Dawn, South Africa

Pearl Dawn, a 152-meter-tall residential skyscraper in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ends the list of the ten tallest buildings in Africa.

The 31-storey building is one of South Africa’s recent skyscrapers having been completed in 2008.


Pearl Dawn in Durban. PHOTO | COURTESY
Designed by Seedat & Seedat Architects, a Durban-based architectural firm, Pearl Dawn is a part of the greater Umhlanga tourism development project.

forgiveness:
Is Cairo tower not artificial concrete structure based Cairo?

Why is it listed among the tallest buildings in Africa?

Have you ever seen it listed among the top ten buildings in Africa?

forgiveness:
Milennium and cultural center Abuja is different from that one.

For your information, that piller will never be listed anywhere among the tallest buildings in Africa cause three quarter of it is inhabitable. So it's out of the list of tall buildings.

forgiveness:
It's still under construction hence not among the tallest building in Africa. That's the Koko.

What about this Upper hill chambers tower? Is it not still under construction?

I like how you are outdated.

forgiveness:
Emporis claimed they are 26 floors, right?

How come they are more than 26 floors in this picture?

Use your God given brain.

Azori is 126m

forgiveness:
Exactly! Construction is still on going as we speak. It's not yet finished though topped out.

See your parliament tower.

Stop consoling yourself with old photos. Here is current pictures of Parliament tower.

forgiveness:
The same reason 6 GTC buildings, Upperhill tower and parliament tower have not been ranked among the tallest buildings in Africa.

If we go by this, you will be left with only 8 Skyscrapers in the whole of Kenya while we have 10 skyscrapers in Lagos apart from other cities.

Is there another Millennium tower apart from that FF Millennium in Lagos that is 13 floors.

Nairobi.

forgiveness:
The story has changed.

Nairobi now has just two stories taller than what we have.

Let me show you.

Top 10

1. Britiam Tower - 200m
2. Gtc - 184m
3. Milennium tower - 170m
4. UAP - 163m
5. NECOM - 160m
6. GTC - 141m
7. Azuri tower 1 - 140m
8. Azuri tower 2 - 140m
9. Azuri 3 - 140m
10. Times tower - 140m

Somebody is listing renders