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HEIRS INSURANCE GROUP GRADUATE TRAINEE PROGRAMME

Application Deadline: September 4th, 2026

LOCATION: Nigeria

Africa’s future depends on resilience—the ability of people and businesses to protect what they’ve built and recover when things do not go as planned. Heirs Insurance is building the technical talent that will power Africa’s next chapter: secure, sustainable, and locally driven.

ELIGIBILITY:

If you hold a Bachelor’s degree in Insurance, Actuarial Science, or any related discipline, and you are driven, analytical, and detail-oriented, they want you on their team. This is your chance to turn an academic foundation into a career at the forefront of Africa’s insurance industry.

Requirements

Minimum of a Second-Class Lower (2:2)

Bachelor’s degree from a reputable, accredited Nigerian or foreign university

Must have completed the NYSC programme

Maximum of 2 years’ post-NYSC experience

Maximum age of 27 at the time of application

Application Duration: 2 Weeks

Locations: Lagos

Educational Background: Bachelor’s Degree

Experience: 0 – 2 years

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ECOWAS YOUNG GRADUATE IMMERSION PROGRAMME (YGP) 2027 COHORT

Application Deadline: 31 August 2026 at 23:59 Nigerian Time
(GMT+1)

LOCATION: Multiple Regions

In response to this challenge of the issue of labour market integration, ECOWAS has put in place the ECOWAS Nnamdi Azikiwe Academic Mobility Programme (ENAAMS Programme), one component of which is the professional immersion programme within its institutions and agencies, with the aim of offering young graduates from across the region a practical opportunity to enhance their professional skills and employability. Join the elite of young African professionals and help shape the future of regional integration in West Africa.

ELIGIBILITY:

The 2027 cohort of the immersion programme is open to recent graduates from ECOWAS Member States (Benin, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo) aged between eighteen (18) and thirty-two (32) years (18 to 32 years).

The official languages of ECOWAS are French, English and Portuguese. Applicants to the programme must be proficient in at least one of these languages.

The applicant must:

Be a national of an ECOWAS Member State (Benin, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo);

Be aged between 18 and 32 on the closing date;

A Bachelor’s degree holder, a Master’s degree holder, a PhD holder, or an equivalent qualification.

Application Procedures (How to Apply): Applications must be submitted exclusively via the programme’s official platform.

Each applicant may apply for a maximum of two (02) positions.

Only one cover letter is required for applications.

Required Documents:

Curriculum Vitae (CV) in PDF format

Cover letter in PDF format

Identity card or passport in PDF format

A copy of the academic certificate(s) or its equivalent in PDF format. PDF

Ninety (90) posts have been allocated for the year 2027. The process is based on the principles of merit, fairness, transparency, and equal opportunities. It includes the following stages:

Online submission of applications via the programme’s dedicated platform;

Assessment of applications by a selection committee set up by the ECOWAS Commission;

Institutional approval of the selected candidates;

Notification to successful candidates.

BENEFIT:

Any selected applicant who leaves their country of origin to take up a post in another country is considered to be on secondment (in mobility). In this case, a flight ticket is issued to them from their country of origin to the country where the host institution is located.

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