A Horizontal Labs Application

Wild Sentinel.
AI eyes
on Africa's wild places.

An AI-powered wildlife monitoring platform deployed across the Zambezi corridor and beyond. Wild Sentinel turns ordinary IP and trail cameras into intelligent observation posts — spotting species, flagging threats, and giving rangers and lodge guests a live window into the bush.

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YOLO
Fine-tuned vision models
<10s
Alert latency
24/7
Always-on monitoring
Zambezi
Live deployments
How it works

Layered detection
built for the bush.

Wild Sentinel uses fine-tuned computer-vision models to interpret video streams from cameras already in the field — and pairs them with optional Guardian Edge acoustic and radar sensors for wide-area coverage where cameras can't reach.

TIER 1 · ACOUSTIC
Hear the threat
Early warning
Solar-powered acoustic nodes listen across tens of thousands of hectares — detecting gunshots, vehicles, fence tampers, and human voices via on-device TinyML, with no cellular or internet required.
TIER 2 · RADAR
Track the target
Bearing & speed
FMCW millimetre-wave radar at choke points wakes on acoustic trigger, tracking range, bearing, and speed of multiple targets — distinguishing a person on foot from an animal on the move.
TIER 3 · CAMERA
See the intruder
Identification & evidence
Fine-tuned YOLO models analyse IP and trail-camera streams in real time — identifying species, recognising people and vehicles, and capturing evidentiary footage for prosecution and donor reporting.
What it does

One platform.
Three jobs to be done.

Wild Sentinel was built alongside lodges, conservancies, and parks operators in southern Africa. Every feature serves a job those teams already do — just faster, wider, and without missing the small hours of the night.

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Real-time species detection
Identify and log wildlife across every camera in your network. Build sightings histories, track seasonal movement patterns, and give guests something they've never seen before.
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Anti-poaching alerts
Flag people, vehicles, and other anomalies in restricted zones — and push the alert to ranger phones, dashboards, and SMS in seconds. Layered with acoustic and radar for wide-area coverage.
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Lodge guest experience
Stream curated, AI-tagged sightings to lodge dashboards and guest rooms. A new way for safari camps to differentiate — and for guests to see the bush even when they're between drives.
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Operational intelligence
Every detection is logged, mapped, and timestamped. Conservancies and parks build a living record of wildlife activity, incursions, and operational response — usable for grants, donors, and prosecutions.
Who it's for

Built for the people
protecting Africa's wild.

Wild Sentinel is in active deployment across the Zambezi corridor, with pilot programmes underway with conservancies, lodges, and parks operators across the KAZA Trans-Frontier Conservation Area.

Safari lodges Private conservancies National parks Anti-poaching units Ranger operations Conservation NGOs Research programmes
Hear the threat. Track the target. See the intruder.
We work with lodges, conservancies, and parks across southern Africa on pilot deployments and full-scale rollouts. Tell us about your site and we'll be in touch.
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