With a measly budget of  Sh12,400 and no formal IT training, two Kenyan teenagers have created an interactive website to help fellow students,

During their free time during school holidays, Brian Kirotich, 17, and Martin Siele, 18, built the application called E-Masomo, which translates to E-learning in Swahili.

E-Masomo has the entire school curriculum available online, providing access to sample papers, video tutorials, educational debates and interactive forums.

The teens came to the realisation that Kenyan students did not have enough help online.

'We realized that there isn't anything on the net for high school students in Kenya basically if you want to read using a computer or you want to read online in Kenya and you're a high school student it was practically impossible. There was nothing you could find tailored for the Kenyan education system and it's much fun and easier to study with a computer and know... it seems more interactive than just looking at a teacher... you know it's much easier', Siele said.

Appreciation is evident with 400 hits on average per week.

Interest in computers began at an early age for each of the boys - hackers in movies inspired Siele, as Kirotich was drawn to investigate his father's computers.

'It was TV... I used to watch some series and then you just see some gut on a computer, he does something that looks so cool. I remember this movie, Italian Job, that hacker guy, when he hacked the traffic lights thing, I just... man computers are so cool. I have to do this someday,' said Siele.

'I blew up a computer. Our two computers, one was spoilt and as I was using one, it got messed up so I figured out probably the power supply was having a little heat so I removed the power supply in the old computer and tried fixing it in the new computer,' said Kirotich.

The teens spend at least two days per week maintaining and further developing the website - juggling this with their schoolwork.

The application has advanced to regional finals after being entered in a local science fair.

-Reuters reports.