Born and raised in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania, Ahmed completed secondary and advanced level education at Aga Khan Mzizima Secondary School. He moved to Edmonton, Canada to pursue further education. He graduated with Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BscN) and has been working for Covenant Health for more than 15 years, areas of specialty have been general internal medicine and emergency nursing. With his spouse, he co-founded LIFESAVER YEG LTD in 2016, and has been providing CPR and First Aid Training services in Edmonton. Ahmed was involved with serving the community in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania. He has also been involved in serving the Edmonton Jamaat at different leadership levels from being a program organiser to the president of the jamaat.