10) 88 on Field – $40 Million

This 25-story skyscraper is located in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was built in 1985 and is 147 meters tall. Earlier it was known as Southern Life Building.

9) Hilton Taba Resort & Nelson Village – $41 Million
Located in Taba, South Sinai, Egypt, this 12-story building overlooks Jordan, Israel and Saudi Arabia. The Hilton Taba Resort and Nelson Village is located on the shores of Red Sea and has a private beach. Built by Israelis, in the late 1980s the building was reportedly bought by the Israeli government for $41 million and in 1989 it was handed over to the Egyptians for free.

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Maison des Députés, Yamoussoukro – $50 Million
Seven-story low-rise building Maison des Deputes is located on Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. This impressively hulking pink pyramid is surrounded by many acres of gardens and swimming pools.

7) Hilton Durban – $61 Million
Hilton Durban is located near the international convention center in Durban, South Africa. This expensive building has established itself as a landmark in the city.

6) Michelangelo Towers – $64 Million
This expensive hotel building is located in Sandton, South Africa. This elite hotel has accommodated celebrity guests like Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber.

5) The Pearls of Umhlanga – $138 Million
Located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the Pearls of Umhlanga is a 31-floor Dubai-style luxury residential and retail project. It is located on the beachfront between the 5-star Beverley Hills Hotel and the Cabana Beach resort. The first of three phases to this project was sold out in six weeks, drawing investment of almost $34 million.

4) Portside Tower – $138 Million
The Portside Tower is the tallest building in Cape Town. This skyscraper is jointly owned by FirstRand Bank and Old Mutual. The construction work began in August 12 2011 and completed in 2014. It is designed to use low energy technology and is the first large building in the country to use almost exclusively LED lighting.

3) Corinthia Hotel Tripoli – $152 Million
This skyscraper is a 5-star hotel. Located in Tripoli, Libya, the Corinthia Hotel Tripoli (Corinthia Bab Africa Hotel) is located in the center of the city, near the central business district. It was opened in 2003 by the Shukri Ghanem, then prime minister of Libya. The hotel is run by the Maltese Corinthia Hotels International.

2) AU Conference Center and Office Complex – $200 Million
Located in Addis Ababa, this building is the headquarters of the African Union. Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia. The main building is 99.9 meters tall. The construction costs were funded by the Chinese government. It is the tallest building in Addis Ababa.

1) Bibliotheca Alexandrina – $220 Million
Bibliotheca Alexandria is a major library and cultural center located in Alexandria, Egypt. It is on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The library has shelf space for 8 million books. The main reading room covers 70,000 square meters on eleven cascading levels.

Amazing edifice! South Africa is giving me a great impression...would visit soon

I was hoping to see one fron naija

Great to know!

I thought I would see a building either from Lagos or Abuja but hell no. no building from West Africa

Where is naija polithiefians buildings. Yeye dey smell

2kaybiel:
I thought I would see a building either from Lagos or Abuja but hell no. no building from West Africa

The last time I checked Ivory coast was still in western Africa region...just asking o..

none from nigeria the supposedly "giant" of africa

Khd95:
I was hoping to see one fron naija

me too


the thing surprise me o

AVECDEO:
The last time I checked Ivory coast was still in western Africa region...just asking o..

oh yeah! thanks for that.

op Wat about cocoa house in Ibadan anyway....

geopreneur:
2) AU Conference Center and Office Complex – $200 Million
Located in Addis Ababa, this building is the headquarters of the African Union. Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia. The main building is 99.9 meters tall. The construction costs were funded by the Chinese government. It is the tallest building in Addis Ababa.

what an irony!! The African Union building funded by China!
What happened to the countries that make up the Union, what were they doing, all of them?? #shame

Even Jesus wept. Who am I not to? #iWeep

So Eko Hotel is not even expensive?

wunderkiind:


what an irony!! The African Union building funded by China!
What happened to the countries that make up the Union, what were they doing, all of them?? #shame

Even Jesus wept. Who am I not to? #iWeep

It's a gift from the chinese govt. to the African union.

China funding that project was just an investment. It's probably a strategy to motivate/compel African leaders to give them more rooms to invest in the continent.

Op, add that to it

dauddy97:
Op, add that to it

Do you think that building is worth up to $40M?

9ja big mouths, una don see una lives

very expensive indeed

My building is not in that list? Billionaire Musician like me? Something is not right!!! This list is not credible at all. Op start from scratch and redo this list

The cost of building? Because cost is always exergerated for obvious reasons And they don't look that great

2kaybiel:
I thought I would see a building either from Lagos or Abuja but hell no. no building from West Africa

You know how it is with naija.

If a building's actual cost is $50m, they will "pad" the costs to be five times the amount. As the paperwork passes each level of approval, the officials concerned will "cut" their own slice. By the time the contractors are mobilized, the amount left for the actual construction would have been siphoned such that only the mobilization fee is paid to the contractor (say, about $5m) The rest of the money has vanished into thin air at this stage. Construction work stops, nobody is made to give account of what happened to the money budgeted for the building.
A new regime comes in, and goes through the motion of probing the incident. After a few months, the "probe" is concluded with nobody getting arrested and made to pay for the crime.....and life goes on.

Truth is, Naija has got some of the most expensive buildings in Africa...on paper only!

Much respect to South Africa though.