Detect armed robbery
before it begins.

Observra gives African banks real-time weapon detection across every branch, alerting security teams the moment a firearm or knife enters the building, with no footage leaving your premises.

Live incident timeline 路 Capital Bank 路 Lagos
14:32:07
Pistol detected, 96.1% confidence
Main entrance 路 Camera 01
14:32:07
Alert dispatched, security + management
SMS 路 Email 路 Slack 路 <200ms from detection
14:32:41
Second individual identified
Teller area 路 Camera 04
14:35:12
Police notified via integrated webhook
Incident logged with timestamps & stills

Bank robbery remains one of Africa's
most costly security threats.

$4.2B
Lost to bank crime annually

African financial institutions lose billions each year to armed robbery, fraud and internal theft, much of it preventable with earlier detection.

47s
Average response time

Human guards typically take 47 seconds to respond to an incident. Observra detects and alerts in under 200ms, before a situation can escalate.

80%
Robberies involve weapons

The vast majority of bank robberies in Africa involve firearms or bladed weapons, exactly what Observra is trained to detect at entry points.

From branch entry to
instant alert.

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Armed entry detection

Detects firearms, knives and machetes at entry points, teller areas and ATM vestibules, alerting security before the perpetrator reaches the counter.

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Robbery-in-progress alerts

Behaviour pattern detection identifies robbery scenarios, multiple armed individuals, aggressive positioning, crowd clustering, and triggers priority alerts.

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ATM vestibule monitoring

24/7 monitoring of ATM areas catches muggers, card skimmer installations and loitering before customers are harmed.

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Perimeter & after-hours

After-hours intrusion detection around branch perimeters, alerting the moment someone enters a restricted zone outside banking hours.

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Branch footfall analytics

Understand customer flow across branches, peak hours, queue lengths, teller utilisation, for smarter staffing and branch planning decisions.

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Multi-branch dashboard

Monitor every branch from one central dashboard. Incidents, alerts and analytics across your entire network, with per-branch drill-down.

Protect every branch.
From one system.

Book a demo built for banking security teams. We'll walk through multi-branch deployment, integration with your existing security infrastructure and a live detection walkthrough.