Enterprise Account Executive- Kenya & East Africa at Curacel (W22)
$18K - $24K  •  
AI-Powered Infrastructure for Insurance & Healthcare
Mombasa, Mombasa County, KE / Nairobi, Nairobi County, KE / Remote (Lagos, LA, NG; EG; MA; ZA)
Full-time
6+ years
About Curacel

Our Mission Curacel’s mission is to make risk protection seamless and intelligent for businesses and individuals worldwide.

Every year, billions of dollars are lost to inefficiencies in risk and healthcare management. We are building AI-powered infrastructure to transform how insurance and healthcare are delivered—making them faster, smarter, and more accessible.

Our Vision We envision a future where AI—especially agentic AI—empowers businesses, insurers, and healthcare providers to deliver protection and care with unprecedented speed and intelligence.

Our Team We are a team of ambitious, mission-driven innovators across commercial, product, engineering, and operations. Our 30+ "Excellers" work across multiple countries, powering global insurers like AXA, Tawuniya, Allianz in 15+ markets.

Our Investors Backed by Y Combinator, Google, Tencent, and other leading investors, we are shaping the future of AI in healthcare and insurance.

Our Technology Curacel is building AI and API-driven infrastructure for insurance and healthcare, leveraging advanced machine learning and generative AI to automate processes, detect fraud, and optimize decision-making. Our API-first approach enables seamless integration with insurers, TPAs, and healthcare platforms, ensuring real-time data exchange and continuous model improvements.

About the role

šŸ† Your Objective

šŸ’” Close > $250k in annual contract value

šŸ„·šŸ½ How you'll help us achieve it

Day-to-day, you will help us generate new revenues by sealing partnerships with Medium to large insurers and insurance brokers in North, East, or Southern Africa.

You will:

  • Develop a Sales territory by conducting outbound sales campaigns aimed at winning business for Curacel
  • Build a healthy pipeline of business to reflect the potential for Curacel in the region, and work to qualify viable opportunities to close business in the medium termĀ 
  • Meet or exceed a sales quota for net new business with the targeted customers (insurers or brokers) over the reporting period
  • Jointly manage opportunities through the full sales cycle, with support from leadership within the organisationĀ Ā 
  • Serve as the primary point of contact on the ground, within your region, to coordinate customer engagement on sales activities; discovery, demos, POC’s etc.Ā 
  • Effectively use CRM tools to manage the entire sales process, providing accurate and timely reports on deal statuses
  • Channel feedback from the market, customers and prospects to the company, to enhance our product offering and market positionĀ 
  • Report to the CEO/Head of Sales

šŸš€ Requirements

  • Highly disciplined, self-motivated - to execute well in a fast-paced environment
  • Understands sales process and the need for timely updates
  • Goal-getter, creative thinker & solution oriented.
  • Agile learner with a competitive spirit.
  • Proven track record of exceeding sales quota preferably in Enterprise Technology Solution Sales.
  • Minimum of 5 years of B2B sales experience, selling to FSI’s/Enterprise businesses in multiple countries in Sub Saharan Africa.
  • Knowledge of sales methodologies and frameworks such as consultative selling, MEDDIC, etc.
  • Excellent persuasive, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent time management skills and ability to handle multiple priorities.

Bonus points if you

  • Have SaaS experience
  • Have existing network and experience selling to the insurance industry
  • Have Business proficiency in Arabic, French, Swahili

About Curacel

Our Mission

Our mission is to make it easy and pleasant to drive up insurance inclusion in emerging markets using technology.

More than 3 billion people all over the world are not protected from the risks they face in their daily life. These people try to build a successful life for themselves and their families, but any of those risks can set them back by years.

Our Product

We are building the rails to make insurance work for the next billion people in emerging markets.

Curacel creates APIs that enable insurers to connect with digital distribution channels and to administer their claims cost effectively.

  • Curacel Grow- Add insurance to any product
  • Curacel Health- Process insurance claims faster & Detect fraud in claims process
  • Curacel Pay- Process insurance payment flows
  • Curacel Auto- Revolutionising motor insurance with cutting-edge AI

Our Team

  • Young, Ambitious & Passionate
  • 30+ odd product, engineering, biz & ops Curalytes in 4 countries
  • Empowering 15+ insurers (AXA, Liberty, Old Mutual) in 10 markets
  • Backed by Y Combinator (W22), Google, Tencent and many more great investors
Technology

Our Tech Stack

The technologies that we use include, but are not limited to:

  • PHP, Laravel
  • VueJs, AngularJs
  • React Native
  • Electron
  • MySql, MS SQL
  • AWS & GCP
  • Docker, k8s

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