Anesi and Osine Ikhianosime, 13 and 15 years old respectively, are students of Greensprings School, Anthony Campus, Lagos, and they developed an Android based web browser called Crocodile Browser Lite sometime last year.
As a matter of fact, these teenagers’ creation is actually on the Google Play Store. Speaking to TechCabal.com, Osine, 13, said he writes the code together with his brother, for their creations and his brother also designs the UI.
At a closer look, these genius brothers are just
like every other teenage boy but not quite at the same time. Osine likes
to play soccer, but also takes coding as a hobby – which is not
something every 13 year old boy does.
His interest in computers began at the tender age of 7, the same age which he and his brother –who was 9 at the time (born June 1, 1999), decided to start a company of their own. Inspired by Microsoft’s
“Windows” platform, they initially named their new company ‘Doors’, but
later changed the name to ‘BluDoors’ when they found out that the
initial name had been taken.
The two brothers decided to learn to code at ages 12 and 14 respectively. “I
learnt to code by myself. I started in 2013, I used sites sites like
Code Academy, Code Avengers and books like ‘Android for Game
Development’ and ‘Games for Dummies’,” said Anesi.
According to both brothers, they started developing
an Android based web browser, which they named Crocodile Browser Lite,
about a year ago, out of boredom. Their strong interest in technology,
coupled with their desire to learn, informed the decision to create a
functional, fast browser for low end feature phones because “We were fed up with Google Chrome”, according to them.
The brothers launched their browser on the Mobango
app before taking it onto the Google Play Store so they could reach a
wider audience. Their browser currently has around 500 downloads, but no
ads yet.
Their mother, Mrs. Ngozi Ikhianosime, a Math teacher, said, “Oseni could already use a PC before could read, at age 3.”
She also said that the school the boys attended also played a key role
in encouraging their love for coding. They had access to computers in
school and they both had personal laptops at home.
With regards to Anesi, who is in his final year of secondary school, his mother says, “After
Anesi is through with his secondary school education, will attend A
levels, after which he will go to MIT in Boston for his first degree,
because the university has the facilities he needs to learn well.”
Their father agrees and attests to the fact that the
school the boys attended were very instrumental in their coding
aspirations and continued interest.
As for Anesi, he would like to develop other apps with real-life problem solving applications.
The brothers plan to release a new version of their browser, Crocodile Browser Lite 3.0, this April.
Credit: pulse.ng
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