Hayatou, ni umuntu ukomeye muri siporo, kuko yasize amateka atazibagirana ku mupira w'Afurika binyuze mu buyobozi bwe bw'icyerekezo ndetse no kwiyemeza kutajegajega mu guteza imbere imikino ku mugabane wa Afurika.
Hayatou wavutse ku ya 9 Kanama 1946, avukira i Garoua, muri Cameroon. Yabaye Perezida wa CAF kuva mu 1988 kugeza muri Werurwe 2017, aho ku ngoma ye umupira w'amaguru wo muri Afurika wagize iterambere rikomeye no kumenyekana ku isi.
Muri manda ye muri CAF yashoboye kwagura igikombe cya Afurika cy’ibihugu, kwinjiza amakipe menshi yo muri Afurika mu gikombe cy’isi, no gushimangira ibikorwa remezo by’umupira wamaguru ku mugabane wa Afurika.
Hayatou kandi yigeze kubaho Perezida w'agateganyo wa FIFA kuva mu Kwakira 2015 kugeza Gashyantare 2016, nyuma yo guhagarikwa kwa Sepp Blatter.
