Fifteen years of making ideas visible

Fifteen years ago, Toshworld Resources International began operations in Ondo City with a straightforward idea: that the people around us — traders, churches, families, schools, small businesses — deserved work presented as carefully as anyone in a larger city would expect.

In 2026 we mark fifteen years of that work. It seems a reasonable moment to look back at how it happened, and to be clear about where we are going next.

Where it started, in 2011

Toshworld began in 2011, providing creative and digital services from Ondo City. There was no grand plan attached to it. There was a founder, Ebenezer Omotoso, a set of skills, and customers who needed something designed, printed or explained.

What those early years established was less about equipment than about method: understand what the customer is actually trying to achieve, tell them honestly what it will take, and hand back work you would be willing to put your own name on. That laid the foundation for what has since become a printing, ICT and business solutions company.

Four capabilities under one roof

The range grew because customers kept asking for the next thing. Someone who came for a banner needed business cards. Someone who came for cards needed a logo that worked at both sizes. Someone with a logo needed a website, and then needed staff who could keep it updated.

Rather than sending people elsewhere each time, we learned to do the next thing properly. Today the work sits in four areas:

• Print & signage — large-format banners, shopfront signs, posters, stickers, vehicle and apparel branding.
• Branding & creative — identities, business cards, brochures, programmes, invitations and stationery.
• Digital solutions — websites and digital design for businesses that need to be found and trusted online.
• ICT & training — practical computer and digital skills training, and ICT support.

The practical benefit of that range is coordination. When the programme, the souvenir and the banner for the same event are produced by one team, they look like they belong together — and there is one person to call if something needs changing.

Understand what the customer is trying to achieve, tell them honestly what it will take, and hand back work you would put your own name on.

More than 400 people trained

The part of the last fifteen years we are most attached to is the part that does not appear on an invoice.

In 2015 we introduced a three-month free computer training programme for young people, teaching practical computer basics at no cost. During the same period our operations expanded to two locations, which increased how many people we could serve and train. More than 400 people have now come through our training along the way.

The reasoning was simple, and it has not changed. Access to a computer is not the same as knowing how to use one. A young person who can manage files, write a proper document, handle a spreadsheet and send a professional email is employable in a way that does not depend on us, or on any single employer.

Then in 2020, when the pandemic changed how businesses reached their customers, we expanded further into websites and digital solutions — helping businesses establish an online presence and stay visible in a marketplace that had moved online faster than anyone planned for.

What comes next

Fifteen years is long enough to have learned what we are good at, and short enough to still be curious.

Our next chapter is focused on three things: stronger digital solutions for businesses that need to compete online, expanded creative and print capabilities, and greater opportunities for ICT and digital skills training — because the demand for that has never slowed.

To everyone who has trusted us with a celebration, a launch, a shopfront or a farewell over the last fifteen years: thank you. Ideas deserve to be seen, and it has been a privilege to help make yours visible.

You can read more about how we work on our About page, or see what we offer across our services. If you have something in mind, get in touch — most projects start with a short conversation.