press & media

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France 24

Video July 2026

Côte d’Ivoire: the school haircut rule sparks debate

On 29 July 2026, France 24 publishes a short video report titled “Côte d’Ivoire : la coupe de cheveux imposée à l’école fait débat” (the haircut imposed at school sparks debate). In many schools, pupils must keep their hair short, and a petition launched in early July asks for the right to keep natural hair. The channel films the Centre Florence Santé du Cheveu, where around fifteen children are cared for each week, and interviews Dr Florence Edwige Nanga, who says these children’s voices must be heard so that protective hairstyles can be approved instead of the compulsory haircut.

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AJ+ français

Video September 2026

Why coily hair is frowned upon in Côte d’Ivoire

On 2 September 2026, AJ+ français devotes a video of almost seven minutes to the rule that makes many Ivorian schoolgirls shave their heads to attend school, challenged by a petition with more than 171,000 signatures. The outlet interviews Dr Florence Nanga, trichologist and oncology socio-aesthetician. She suggests protective styles, simple cornrows to the back redone every fortnight, and explains that she teaches young girls to love their hair early, so that they do not suffer from traction alopecia at 40.

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BBC Afrique

Video March 2025

“Non aux perruques”: Dr Florence Edwige Nanga’s fight

BBC Afrique devotes a video to Dr Florence Edwige Nanga, introduced as a trichologist in Côte d’Ivoire, under the title “Non aux perruques, le combat du Dr Florence Edwige Nanga, trichologue en Côte d’Ivoire” (No to wigs: the fight of Dr Florence Edwige Nanga). The report comes out in March 2025, as the Miss Côte d’Ivoire pageant bars wigs and weaves from its preliminary rounds, a decision the BBC also covers in an article (next entry).

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BBC News

Article April 2025

“No wigs please”: the trichologist’s view on the Miss Côte d’Ivoire rule

On 6 April 2025, BBC News publishes an article on the new rules shaking up beauty pageants, including Miss Côte d’Ivoire 2025: wigs, weaves and extensions are banned from the preliminary rounds, held in 13 cities across the country. Journalist Anita Nkonge interviews Dr Florence Edwige Nanga, a hair and scalp specialist in Abidjan. She notes that almost every journalist on Ivorian television wears a wig, and warns that these fashionable enhancements can also cause problems, such as alopecia or scalp infections. The article is picked up by several African outlets, including MyJoyOnline and Graphic Online.

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Afrique Europe Business

Interview May 2026

From pharmacy to a “hospital for hair”

Afrique Europe Business gives Dr Florence Nanga an in-depth interview as the first trichologist recognised by Côte d’Ivoire’s Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene. She recounts her career change, after some fifteen years in the pharmaceutical industry, and the 2019 launch of her first centre, conceived as a hospital for hair. The conversation returns to the meaning of Nama-Gny, “beautiful hair” in a south-western Ivorian language, and to her ambition to carry the health of African hair from Côte d’Ivoire to Europe. She also details her network of centres and the place she wants to give to training.

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RTI 1 · Ya Bara

Television June 2020

A guest on “Ya Bara”, RTI 1

RTI 1’s programme “Ya Bara” welcomes Dr Florence Edwige Nanga in its “Y Croire” segment in June 2020. The Ivorian public broadcaster introduces her as a “trichologist, expert in hair treatment”. The video of the programme is published on the official RTI Info Facebook page.

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7info

Television February 2023

Trichology explained to the general public

Ivorian media outlet 7info welcomes Dr Florence Edwige Nanga Douzoua on “7 à dire”, its interview format. The video, titled “Entretien avec Florence Edwige Nanga Douzoua, trichologue” (Interview with Florence Edwige Nanga Douzoua, trichologist), is published in February 2023 on 7info’s YouTube channel.

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LIFE TV

Television

A hair-care slot on LIFE TV

The Centre Florence Santé du Cheveu announces a slot for Dr Florence Nanga on LIFE TV: “4 weeks to answer your questions about hair”. The announcement, posted on the centre’s Facebook page, introduces her as “your hair expert”.

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Elle Côte d’Ivoire

Article December 2020

“The hair doctor”

Elle Côte d’Ivoire devotes a beauty interview to Dr Florence Nanga, “the eminent trichologist we affectionately call the hair doctor”, as the editors write. She describes her hair routine, built on products from her Nama-Gny brand, from the keratin softening mask to the rose milk. She looks back on her years at L’Oréal’s professional products division, working with more than 200 hair salons in Abidjan: the damage she saw there sharpened her calling. For her, a beautiful woman knows how to showcase her natural or relaxed hair. Her challenge for 2021: opening more centres.

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VoixVoie de Femme

Article July 2021

“Why I chose trichology”

Interviewed by VoixVoie de Femme on 2 July 2021 at her Abidjan centre, which then had around thirty employees, Dr Florence Edwige Nanga defines the trichologist as “an expert in hair health”. She explains that she learned the profession in the United States, after leaving the pharmaceutical industry and working for a year for the world’s leading cosmetics company. Without backing from the banks, she put all her savings into the project, helped by her husband and a few friends: “I realised that I was the only person who believed in my dream.” She also estimates that 80% of women suffer from a hair anomaly.

Read on voiedefemme.net

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L’Intelligent d’Abidjan

Article April 2025

Miss Côte d’Ivoire 2025: wigs banned from the preliminaries

The Ivorian daily reports on the Miss Côte d’Ivoire committee’s decision to ban wigs and weaves from the preliminary rounds of the 29th edition. To shed light on the health issue, it quotes Dr Florence Edwige Nanga, “a trichologist interviewed by the BBC”, according to whom wearing wigs can carry risks of alopecia and scalp damage.

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Africa Radio

Article April 2025

“Almost every journalist wearing a wig”

Africa Radio covers the unprecedented rule of Miss Côte d’Ivoire 2025, which bans wigs, weaves and extensions from the preliminary rounds and is sparking debate. The outlet quotes Dr Florence Edwige Nanga, “a scalp specialist in Abidjan”, repeating the words she gave the BBC: “Turn on the TV [here], and you’ll see almost every journalist wearing a wig.” She points out that alopecia, scalp infections and other problems can be linked to overly restrictive hairstyles.

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SETALMAA

Article January 2023

Among the few trichologists on the continent

In a feature on trichology and damaged Afro hair, published on 4 January 2023, the SETALMAA website explains what a trichologist does and when to see one. The outlet notes that there are “still very few trichologists” practising on the continent and names a few: in Côte d’Ivoire, Dr Florence Nanga, introduced as a trichologist and oncology socio-aesthetician heading the Centre Florence Santé du Cheveu. The article links to the centre’s page about its founder.

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Allo Docteur Cheveux

YouTube 2021

One hair question per episode

On the YouTube channel of the Centre Florence Santé du Cheveu, the “Allo Docteur Cheveux” series devotes each video to a hair question. The 2021 episodes cover in particular traction alopecia, androgenetic alopecia and the question of hair loss versus breakage.

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