A Ghanaian media executive has added one of television's top honours to her name. Benny Bonsu has won a Sports Emmy as executive producer of Champions of the Golden Valley, a documentary produced by Olympics.com.
The film won Outstanding Sports Documentary: Long at the 47th Sports Emmy Awards, according to Ameyaw Debrah and the Daily Graphic. Olympics.com also announced the win.
Champions of the Golden Valley tells the story of young skiers in Afghanistan's Bamyan province. It follows Alishah Farhang and a community of skiers in the Afghan highlands, showing how the sport has become a source of hope, friendship and resilience in a region that has lived through decades of conflict.
The film was directed by Ben Sturgulewski and produced by Katie Stjernholm and Baktash Ahadi, the Daily Graphic reports. Its list of executive producers includes Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, actor Arian Moayed and Yiannis Exarchos, alongside Bonsu.
The documentary has already gathered other recognition. It was named an honouree for Best Documentary Storytelling at the 2026 Webby Awards, according to the same reports.
Bonsu said the award reflected the kind of stories Olympics.com wants to tell. "Olympics.com believes in storytelling that goes beyond competition, stories that amplify voices, connect communities and demonstrate the extraordinary power of sport," she said, as quoted by the Daily Graphic.
Benny Bonsu is a Ghanaian sports media executive who serves as Chief Content Officer at Olympics.com. Before that, she held the role of Chief Content Officer at Olympic Channel Services, according to Ameyaw Debrah.
She has been named among the 50 Most Influential African Women in Sport and has served as a judge for global sport industry awards. Her career has made her one of the most senior African women working in international sports media.
Bamyan, in central Afghanistan, is best known internationally for its ancient cliffside Buddha statues, destroyed in 2001, and for its dramatic mountain landscapes. In more recent years, its snowy slopes have drawn a small but determined local skiing community, giving young people a rare outlet for sport and adventure. The documentary brings that little-known world to a global audience.
The Sports Emmy Awards are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the United States and honour the best in sports television and media. Winning in the long-form documentary category puts Champions of the Golden Valley among the most highly regarded sports films of the year.
Ghanaian talent has increasingly made its mark in global media, both on screen and behind the scenes. Bonsu's win is a reminder that some of the most influential African voices in international entertainment and sport work in leadership roles that rarely make headlines, shaping which stories get told and how.
It also highlights the growing appetite for sports documentaries that look beyond results and records to the human stories behind them. The film's focus on young athletes in a remote, often overlooked part of the world fits a wider trend of using sport to tell stories about community, identity and hope.
Olympics.com has made Champions of the Golden Valley available to watch online, and the documentary has its own official website for viewers who want to learn more about the film and its subjects.
For young Ghanaians interested in careers in sport, media and storytelling, Bonsu's journey shows that global opportunities go well beyond playing the game. Production, programming, journalism and executive roles in international organisations all offer routes to influence, and Ghanaians are increasingly visible in those spaces.
Talk Talk congratulates Benny Bonsu and the team behind Champions of the Golden Valley on the award.
