[5] He attended Nandom Senior High School and University for Development Studies, Tamale.
Ahmed has served as the Chairman of Operations of Africa Youth Connekt.
[12] He has been a member of the International Organizing Committee(IOC) of three successive World Festival of Youth and Students ;South Africa 2010,Ecuador 2013 and Russia 2017.
He is also a commonwealth young leader and has led several youth development advocacy initiatives on the African continent.
He led a team to discuss the xenophobic attacks in South Africa to map out comprehensive strategy to build cohesion and eliminate xenophobia.