Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters
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| Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters | |
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 The CBE Building in 2024 | |
 Interactive map of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Coordinates | 9°01′00″N 38°45′16″E / 9.0165513°N 38.7543284°E |
| Groundbreaking | October 2015 |
| Topped-out | November 11, 2018 |
| Completed | February 13, 2022 |
| Cost | ETB 5.3 billion (US$303 million) |
| Owner | Commercial Bank of Ethiopia |
| Height | 209 m |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 53 |
| Floor area | 150,000 sq m |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Henn GmbH |
| Main contractor | China State Construction Engineering Corporation |
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Headquarters is a skyscraper in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, that was completed on February 13, 2022, and became the tallest building in Ethiopia. The building is 209.3 m (687 ft) tall and serves as the headquarters of the state-owned Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, the country's largest bank. It is also the tallest building in all of East Africa, and the tallest in Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa.[1][2][3][4]
Construction commenced in 2015 under a 5,300,000,000 Ethiopian birr deal with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation.[3][5] The foundation stone was laid on June 27, 2015.[5] The building was then topped out in the second half of 2019.[6] Cladding work however has been delayed due to the foreign currency shortage in Ethiopia[6] that made it harder for local businesses to fund imports, thus, affected the bank's financial[7] as it still controlled most of the country's banking activities in 2020.[8]
The building was originally scheduled to be completed on January 19, 2019.[5] As of August 2018, construction of the building is scheduled to be completed in 2020.[2]
In February 2022, the building was officially inaugurated to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia.[9]
Site
The building site is an 18,000-meter plot on Ras Desta Damtew Road in Addis Ababa.[5]
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