Meet Nigeria’s young geniuses: Osine Ikhianosime (13) and Anesi Ikhianosime (15), the developers of
“Crocodile Browser Lite”. The brothers are Year 9 and Year 11 students of Greensprings School, Anthony Campus, Lagos.
Due to their strong interest in technology, they decided to create a functional, fast browser for feature and low end phones because, according to them, “We were fed up with Google Chrome.”
Osine in his pitch mail to TechCabal said: “I write the code, my brother designs it.”
They both began developing an Android web browser, which they named Crocodile Browser Lite, about a year ago out of boredom.
Anesi said: “I learnt to code by myself. I started in 2013. I used sites like Code Academy, Code Avengers and books like
‘Android For Game Development’ and ‘
Games For Dummies’.”
Their mother, Mrs. Ngozi Ikhianosime, who is a Mathematics teacher said: “Osine could already use a PC before he could read at age three.”
She ascribed the success to Greensprings Schools, as the students of the school have access to computer and internet facilities, just as personal laptops are made available to each of them at home.
“After Anesi is through with his secondary school education, he 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.” She said.
Their father, Mr. Philip Ikhianosime, who is the Head of Management Services and Human Resource Manager at an Insurance Company says the boys developed interest in PC usage very early. He agrees as well, that his children’s school is very instrumental in their continued interest in programming.
Anesi says that he’d like to develop another app that would solve real social problems, such as traffic and communication. The brothers are releasing a new version of Crocodile Browser Lite 3.0 this April.
The browser currently has around 1000-5000 downloads and they do not have ads in the app yet.
Photo Credit: Techcabal.com
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This article was first published on 28th May 2015
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Ejura Salihu is an Anatomist, Writer and Editor. She is currently the Editor-in-chief for Connect Nigeria. You can contact her via email: ejurasalihu24@gmail.com or follow her on twitter @icyquin_msc
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They both began developing an Android web browser, which they named Crocodile Browser Lite, about a year ago out of boredom.
Anesi said: “I learnt to code by myself. I started in 2013. I used sites like Code Academy, Code Avengers and books like ‘Android For Game Development’ and ‘Games For Dummies’.”
Their mother, Mrs. Ngozi Ikhianosime, who is a Mathematics teacher said: “Osine could already use a PC before he could read at age three.”
She ascribed the success to Greensprings Schools, as the students of the school have access to computer and internet facilities, just as personal laptops are made available to each of them at home.
“After Anesi is through with his secondary school education, he 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.” She said.
Their father, Mr. Philip Ikhianosime, who is the Head of Management Services and Human Resource Manager at an Insurance Company says the boys developed interest in PC usage very early. He agrees as well, that his children’s school is very instrumental in their continued interest in programming.
Anesi says that he’d like to develop another app that would solve real social problems, such as traffic and communication. The brothers are releasing a new version of Crocodile Browser Lite 3.0 this April.
The browser currently has around 1000-5000 downloads and they do not have ads in the app yet.
Photo Credit: Techcabal.com
A brilliant work, who says you need to be older to achieve a feat. Coding can be learnt anywhere and by anyone. Kudos to these brilliant minds.