The duo of Osine Ikhianosime and Anesi Ikhianosime have rekindled
hope in the future of nigeria as they entered their names in the
catalogue of application developers when they built a mobile web
browser that is already in use globally. Osine Ikhianosime 13, and
Anesi Ikhianosime 15 who co-developed ‘Crocodile Browser Lite’
were born of same parents and both are Year nine and 11 students
of Greensprings School, Anthony Campus, Lagos. While both
brothers write code, Anesi designs the user interface.
Osine and
Anesi
launched the
mobile
browser on
the Mobango
app store
before moving
to Google Play
Store to try
and reach a
wider
audience. As you read this piece, the browser currently has around
100 to 500 downloads and they do not have ads in the app yet. They
both began developing an Android web browser, which they named
Crocodile Browser Lite, about a year ago out of boredom.
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
who told TechCabal in his pitch mail said: ‘’I write the code, my
brother designs it.”
Born April 28, 2001, his interest in computers began at age seven. It
was also at this age that he and his brother, Anesi Ikhianosime, who
was 9 at the time, came up with the idea of starting a company.
Recalling how it started, Osine said, they first named it ‘Doors’ with
Microsoft’s Windows, but when they discovered that the name was
already in use, they had to change the name to BluDoors. Relating
his experience, Osine said: ‘’When we decided to learn to code at
age 12 and 14 respectively, I didn’t let my uncle’s belief that it would
be a tough feat to achieve deter me.”
On his part, 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’,” said
Anesi. Meanwhile their mother, Mrs Ngozi Ikhianosime, who is a
Mathematics teacher said: “Osine could already use a PC before he
could read at age three. It is all he does since he learnt to code.”
The mother who ascribed the success to Greensprings Schools, said
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 solves real
social problems, such as traffic and communication. The brothers
are releasing a new version of Crocodile Browser Lite 3.0 this April.
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