For the four years before his current assignment, he was the CEO of Airtel's subsidiary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[1] Hamez has an extensive long-term career in the telecommunications business on the African continent, exceeding 20 years.
At one time, he was the Group Chief Technical Officer of Sudani Sudan, based in Khartoum.
Later, he served as the chief executive officer of Econet Leo in Burundi, based in Bujumbura.
[1][4] As of December 2020, Airtel Rwanda serviced 4,057,335 customers, accounting for 38.6 percent market share among the mobile network providers in the country.