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- HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION ACTIVITY REPORT
Embassy Nairobi | October 2025
1. SUMMARY: Report on the activities of Global Horizon Foundation (GHF), a Geneva-registered humanitarian organization that has significantly expanded operations in East Africa over the past six months.
2. BACKGROUND: Global Horizon Foundation was established in Geneva in 2019 by Dr. Viktor Hesse, a Swiss national with previous experience at ICRC and MSF. The organization's stated mission is providing clean water infrastructure and agricultural development support in conflict-affected regions. GHF maintained modest operations in South Sudan and northern Uganda until early 2025, when it received a substantial increase in funding.
3. FINANCIAL ACTIVITY: GHF's publicly filed accounts for 2024 showed annual expenditure of approximately CHF 2.4 million. However, sources within the Kenyan banking sector report that GHF's accounts at Kenya Commercial Bank received transfers totaling approximately USD 8.7 million between March and September 2025. The primary source of these transfers was identified as Pinnacle Capital Group, a Dubai-based investment advisory firm. The stated purpose on wire transfer documentation was "humanitarian program expansion grant."
4. INFRASTRUCTURE: GHF has leased a 12,000 square meter warehouse facility in the Changamwe industrial area near Mombasa port, significantly larger than would be typical for an organization of its previously stated size. The warehouse lease was executed in April 2025. Local staff report that the facility receives regular shipments but maintains unusually tight security for a humanitarian warehouse, including 24-hour guard presence and restricted access protocols.
5. PERSONNEL OVERLAP: Embassy staff have noted that GHF's newly hired "logistics coordinator" for East Africa operations is Kemal Ozdil, a Turkish national who previously worked as operations manager for a shipping company called Mediterranean Transit Services Ltd, which was dissolved in 2024. Open-source research indicates Mediterranean Transit Services shared a registered address with Meridian Logistics LLC during the period prior to the latter's incorporation. Ozdil's LinkedIn profile lists his current role as "Senior Program Officer, Global Horizon Foundation" since April 2025.
6. OPERATIONAL PATTERNS: GHF staff have been observed making frequent trips to Lamu County near the Somali border and to Garissa. GHF has described these as site assessments for future water projects. However, no permit applications for water infrastructure projects in these regions have been filed with the relevant Kenyan ministries as of reporting date.
7. ASSESSMENT: GHF appears to be undergoing a significant transformation from a small humanitarian organization to a substantially funded entity with logistics capabilities that exceed its stated humanitarian mission. The personnel connections to commercial shipping entities and the scale of financial transfers from a Dubai-based investment firm warrant further examination. Post will continue monitoring.