Oluwatobi Akinpelu has developed a history learning app called “Gingered”, which educates users on history using a Today in History model.
The historical events sometimes date as far back as 700 AD. The history learning app also dates the birthdays and various achievements of prominent personalities around the world.
Oluwatobi Akinpelu believes that a right balance between historical and current knowledge helps people to better prepare for the future.
In his words:
“I noticed lots of young people know the trends of today, but ask them historical questions – they have little to no knowledge about things of the past. There is an adage that says – to know where you are going, you need to know where you are coming from and the rightful combination of historical and current knowledge gives better insights of what the future may bring.
So because for me I believe in creativity, I wanted to channel this through providing value in a from easily accessible to people – and the best way to do that is though mobile phones.”
Additionally, it enables users to document their own stories. Thus, users can record their daily/weekly activities in a diary format. When users save a story on “Gingered,” it is encrypted using an algorithm that ensures only the writer can read it.
The platform is built with adequate servers and is stable enough to handle 2 million users at once. It is also not monetary and Oluwatobi does not have any plan of making it so. Going forward, the developer hopes to update the app periodically to meet users’ needs and feedbacks.
Currently working as a developer at Agritech startup, Farmcrowdy, this is Oluwatobi’s 3rd project yet. Asides “Gingered”, he has also created MavenStickers, Nigeria’s number one WhatsApp sticker app and Peppercolor, a color picker for graphics designers and developers.
“Gingered” is currently available here on the Google Android Playstore and Apple iOS.
