Kammala wannan jumla: An haifi Kifle a Adi Billai a Yankin Debub na Eritrea. Ya fara bugawa Eritrea wasa na kasa da kasa a lokacin yana da shekara 21, yana tsere a tseren mita 3000 a gasar IAAF ta Duniya a cikin gida a shekarar 1999. Ya gama a matsayi na karshe kuma ya kasance sama da dakika ashirin a bayan sauran masu tseren. Gasarsa ta farko ta kasa da kasa a waje ta biyo baya a wannan shekarar kuma ya gudu a cikin zafin mita 5000 a gasar zakarun duniya ta 1999 a Seville. A shekara ta 2000 ya zo na 61 a
2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships kuma ya fara wasan Olympics tare da wasan kwaikwayon a cikin zafi na mita 10,000 a wasannin Olympics na Sydney na 2000. Ya fara ingantawa daga lokacin 2002 zuwa gaba: ya kasance na takwas a tseren tsere a 2000 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, na huɗu a 2002 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships tare da lokacin 1: 01: 05 hours, kuma ya zo na shida a kan 5000 m a 2002 gasar zakarun Afirka a Wasannin motsa jiki. Ya kuma lashe Cursa de Bombers 10K a Spain a wannan shekarar.