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Healthy hair before beautiful hair

Maison Akoya was born from one belief: coily hair deserves real expertise. Since 2018, we have brought diagnosis, treatments and styling together under one roof in Sacré-Cœur.

Client with braids at Maison Akoya

Nourish. Enhance. Reveal.

Our trichologist examining a scalp under the microscope
Our story

It all started with one observation

In Dakar, many women with coily hair could find neither a truly expert salon nor products suited to their hair. Some turned to relaxers, others suffered from breakage or hair loss. Many dreaded the salon because it hurt, and ended up hiding their hair under wigs for lack of a solution.

Liliane Coulibaly, a trichologist, and Xavier Caly founded Maison Akoya in 2018 to fill that gap. One idea has guided the house since day one: healthy hair before beautiful hair.

Our approach

Understand, treat, then support

Every journey starts with a hair diagnosis under the microscope. Liliane examines the scalp and the hair fibre, then suggests the treatments and styles that truly suit you: gentle, tension-free care by a team trained in coily hair.

To carry this work on at home, we created our own ranges of natural products, simple and effective. They are the ones we use every day at the salon.

With more than twenty years of experience in customer relations, Xavier makes sure every visit is a moment of listening and trust. Today, seven stylists and a front-desk team welcome you in Sacré-Cœur, with a Japanese Hair Spa in a private room.

Since 2018in Sacré-Cœur, Dakar
3 800+clients cared for
2 rangesof natural Akoya care
The Maison Akoya Hair Spa
Our commitments

What guides us every day

Understand before treating

Every treatment is based on examining your scalp and hair fibre, not on guesswork.

Care designed for our hair

Our Akoya range is formulated for coily hair: what we use at the salon, you can use at home.

Support over time

Healthy hair is built session after session. Our plans and home-care advice support you between visits.

For the whole family

Akoyettes are welcome too

Gentle treatments and styles for children, with 10% off their treatments. Hair care is something you learn early.

Little girl styled at Maison Akoya
Come and meet us

Your first visit starts with listening