Two Young Brothers Builds Mobile Web Browser

Two brothers, Osine Ikhianosime and Anesi
Ikhianosime 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 students of Greensprings
School, Anthony Campus, Lagos. While both
brothers write code, Anesi designs the user
interface.
Osine Ikhianosine and Anesi Ikhianosime
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.