French entrepreneurs Hervé Despois

French entrepreneurs Hervé Despois and Stella Lucien have launched their website Afrocks at afrocks.com. It is an on-demand platform designed to eliminate the stress of finding good quality afro hair beauty professionals by helping customers getting their desired hairstyle in a convenient timeframe in just a few clicks. Clients will be able to schedule an in-home appointment, up to one month in advance, with a highly skilled and fully vetted stylist for a variety of hair styling services such as locks maintenance, box braids, cornrows, Senegalese twists, faux locks and more.

The company will be launching an app in 2018 and will be looking for investment. The site currently has 22 registered stylists across London (Mainly SE London) with 500+registered clients since launch