Kenya: Africa's Tallest Building Dream Now Lies in Ruins

20 September 2020
opinion

It started as an ambitious project to build Africa's tallest building but three years after a launch attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta, all there is at the site is a massive gaping hole posing danger to lives and property in Nairobi's Upper Hill.

Had things gone according to plan, today an imposing structure known as The Pinnacle would be standing tall along Upper Hill Road, with concrete, glass and steel being piled up to push it towards a breath-taking 300-metres, dwarfing every building ever erected on the continent -- including Johannesburg's 234-metre.

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