Spartan Graduate Trainee Programme

Overview_

Curacel builds AI-powered infrastructure that helps insurers and financial-service businesses across Africa and other emerging markets automate claims, detect fraud, improve customer support, distribute insurance and simplify payments.

The Curacel Future Leaders Programme (Spartan Cohort) is a paid graduate programme for ambitious recent graduates and early-career professionals with 0–3 years of experience. Spartans work on live business projects, receive structured mentorship, build practical skills and complete a capstone project designed to deliver measurable business impact.

Participants gain hands-on experience within selected functions while developing the ownership, judgement and pace required to succeed in a fast-growing company. Spartans contribute fresh thinking, tackle real operational and customer problems, and help Curacel make insurance and financial services work better across emerging markets.

Key Responsibilities

_• Contribute to high-impact projects within your assigned team: Engineering, Product, AI Operations, Commercials, Health Operations, Finance, or People Operations
• Take ownership of assigned workstreams, solve problems proactively and deliver results aligned with business goals.
• Collaborate across teams to design, build and launch products, services and process improvements.
• Engage with customers, partners and internal stakeholders, where relevant, to gather requirements, understand problems and incorporate feedback.
• Use Curacel’s tools and processes to analyse data, generate actionable insights and support decision-making.
• Participate actively in Curacel’s structured AI learning programme and complete assigned learning activities.
• Learn to use approved AI tools responsibly for research, analysis, problem-solving, workflow automation and clearer decision-making.
• Apply AI skills to live team projects and identify practical use cases that improve speed, quality or customer outcomes.
• Share relevant AI learnings, experiments and use cases with peers while following Curacel’s data-security, confidentiality and responsible-use standards.
• Participate in regular training sessions, mentorship meetings and performance reviews.
• Complete and present a capstone project to Curacel leadership, demonstrating measurable business impact.
• Embody Curacel’s PRESS values in daily work and interactions.

• Active Participations in all company activities.

Required Qualifications_

_• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in any discipline from an accredited institution.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering ( For interest in engineering and AI ops placement) from an accredited institution.
• 0–3 years of professional experience, including internships, NYSC, volunteer work or relevant freelance experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, with evidence of tackling challenging problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate in distributed, multicultural teams.
• Ability and willingness to learn quickly, adapt to a fast-moving environment and take initiative.
• Curiosity about technology-driven change in insurance, fintech, healthcare or related fields.

Preferred Qualifications / Nice to Have_

_• Relevant internship, project or coursework experience in technology, finance, consulting, sales, marketing, operations or a startup environment.
• Familiarity with generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or similar tools for research, analysis, content creation, coding or workflow support.
• Evidence of using AI, automation or no-code tools in an academic, personal, volunteer or professional project.
• Basic understanding of prompt design, data analysis, workflow automation or responsible AI use.
• Strong interest in learning how AI can improve insurance, fintech, healthcare and business operations.
• Technical proficiency relevant to your department of interest, such as Excel, SQL, Python, JavaScript or no-code tools

• Demonstrated leadership or active participation in student organisations, community initiatives or entrepreneurial ventures.
• Knowledge of the African insurance, fintech or healthtech landscape, or experience working in emerging markets.
• Familiarity with agile methods, design thinking or product-management concepts.

Benefits & Perks_

• Competitive, paid graduate programme with structured onboarding, role-based development and practical AI training.
• Mentorship from experienced Curacel operators and leaders, with regular feedback and coaching.
• Opportunities to collaborate across functions and explore potential career paths within a fast-growing technology company.
• Ownership of a capstone project with direct business impact.
• Fast-track consideration for a full-time role following successful programme completion. Conversion is based on performance and business needs.
• Collaborative and inclusive culture shaped by Curacel’s PRESS values.
• Flexible work options and a supportive environment that encourages responsible experimentation, learning and personal development.

About Curacel

_Curacel’s mission is to empower insurance in emerging markets with AI-powered infrastructure. We build AI agents and technology that help insurers and financial-service businesses automate claims, detect fraud, improve customer support, distribute insurance and simplify payments.

Our vision is a world with equal opportunity and prosperity, where risk protection is easier to access and use. We hire people who embody our PRESS values: Passionate Work, Relentless Growth, Empowered Action, Sense of Urgency and Seeing Possibilities.

At Curacel, people are expected to take ownership, learn quickly and deliver measurable results. Join us to build technology that helps insurance work for the next billion people in emerging markets.

Interview Process

About the interview

• Chat with the Team
• Case Study Assessment
• Chat with CEO