“ Without a live view on our national operations , the bank was heavily investing in local security guards to monitor each site . When an incident occurred , they would phone our headquarters to report the situation and eventually get the order to intervene . We lacked responsiveness ,” said Yamcheu .

This lack of efficiency eventually led Yamcheu to spearhead a bank-wide project focused on automating manual tasks with digital solutions . The first priority was to upgrade the bank ’ s video surveillance system .

Accessing live video with less bandwidth

According to Yamcheu , he met with video surveillance specialists to discuss an ambitious project . He wanted

High bandwidth consumption was the main flaw of the previous video system at Afriland First Bank in Cameroon .

to build a control centre at the bank headquarters in Yaoundé . The plan would enable staff to view real-time video from any bank and even zoom in on the details of any situation .

“ We were most impressed with the proposal from Sanuna Technologies ( ISS Cameroon ), the systems integrator that represents Genetec Inc in Cameroon .

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