Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters

Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters
The CBE Building to the left
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General information
StatusCompleted
Town or cityAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
Coordinates9°01′00″N 38°45′16″E / 9.0165513°N 38.7543284°E / 9.0165513; 38.7543284
GroundbreakingOctober 2015
Topped-out11 November 2018
Completed13 February 2022; 2 years ago (13 February 2022)
CostETB 5.3 billion (US$303 million)
OwnerCommercial Bank of Ethiopia
Height209 m
Technical details
Floor count53
Floor area150,000 sq m
Design and construction
Architecture firmHenn GmbH
Main contractorChina State Construction Engineering Corporation

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters is a skyscraper in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that was completed on 13 February 2022 and became the tallest building in Ethiopia. It serves as the headquarters of the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, the country's largest bank. It also is the tallest building in all of East Africa.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Barnes, Robert (6 May 2015). "Ethiopia: CSCEC to build a new headquarters for CBE". Construction Review Online. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ^ Marsh, Jenni (August 2018). "Employed by China". CNN. The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia will be the tallest building in Ethiopia when completed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation in 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Addis-Fortune was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Ethiopia's tallest buildings - Top 20". Archived from the original on May 11, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)