Regalo expands offerings with Cape Cobra...Romances Folorunsho Alakija

Regalo products on display

Regalo, the leading African luxury store has secured an exclusive partnership with Cape Cobra, the number one exotic luxury leather producers in Africa, producing for luxury brands in Europe, and the United States as the sole partner in West Africa.

According to a press statement sent to SHOWBIZPLUSng, discerning clients who seek quality products in one-of-a-kind exotic leather pieces can now easily obtain them at Regalo, located at the exclusive CentroLekki Mall, Admiralty Way, Lagos.

Founded in May 2013, Regalo boasts a rich and eclectic combination of  African-made luxury lifestyle goods from respected brand names across the continent such as Cape Cobra Leathercraft, Avoova, Tammy Parfum, Letterpress, YSwara, Buyu of Kenya, Sitota, La Divine Candles  and Aweni, to name a few.

Cape Cobra Leathercraft entered into partnership with Regalo in 2013, based on their common belief in African artisanship. It has a fully integrated design and production facility located in Cape Town.  The factory features a design room, stores, engineering department, and production while the showroom offers a complete range of classic and new collections available, each piece intricately designed, intimately handcrafted and timelessly elegant.

Funmi Onajide, founder of Regalo, and General Manager, Corporate Affairs, MTN Nigeria, explaining the inspiration for Regalo and the reasons for its success said, “My love and belief in Africa and in the potential of African craftsmanship has been strengthened by the quality of artisanship that I have seen across the continent, which is largely tapped by foreign buyers. The excellence in quality and design of our local products has the capacity to position this continent in a very positive light. Uniquely African should not necessarily mean rustic. It should mean elegance and quality. It is for this reason Regalo was established; to bring the very best of Africa to our clients.”

Aoife Kelly de Klerk, Brand and Marketing Manager for Cape Cobra Leathercraft, also highlighted the uniqueness of African ingenuity: “We believe that Africa has all the ingredients to compete in the luxury sectors of the market; especially in the exotic leather goods sector. We have the raw materials, the finishing capacities and excellent design and production facilities.

Committed to its reputation as a premium destination store for exclusive made-in-Africa luxury goods, Regalo was recently selected by TW Magazine to present gifts to Mrs. Folorunsho Alakija, Africa’s richest woman, due to its unique concept and product.