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Goalkeepers Event
Watch the full Goalkeepers 2023 Event livestream video:
Goalkeepers 2023
In 2023, Goalkeepers invited you to see the world as it is today, where progress toward the Global Goals is slow and, in some cases, backwards, and imagine a world with a more hopeful vision for the future.
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2023 Speakers and Performers
![Bosede Afolabi](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/bosede-afolabi.jpg?rev=c2ef102bb4a4460e885da3aeefdf71f7)
Bosede Afolabi
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Lagos (CMUL), Lagos, Nigeria
![Nwamaka Agbo](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/nwamaka-agbo.jpg?rev=d1f40d82efe04a939ccb355d856f5f39)
Nwamaka Agbo
CEO of the Kataly Foundation and Managing Director of the Restorative Economies Fund
![Belinda Becker-Goffee](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/belinda-becker.jpg?rev=23bfaf690a274e7b805a5df3c37b1a35)
Belinda Becker-Goffee
DJ
![Sabrina Elba](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/sabrina-elba.jpg?rev=0c172bc29e82438e8e6d916d62ff3931)
Sabrina Elba
CEO, Model and Activist
![Cynthia Erivo](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/cynthia-erivo.jpg?rev=9ed1ea6b860548829ff5c4c799d26422)
Cynthia Erivo
Actress, Singer, Author & Producer
![Cicely Fadel](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/cicely-fadel.jpg?rev=85dd6dda29db424598f8f6e6f51fe0fc)
Cicely Fadel
Neonatologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston and Newborn Health Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
![Femme Fatale](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/femme-fatale.jpg?rev=489f5b5e6bd842c7ae455974498d2914)
Femme Fatale
Dance Company
![Kathryn Finney](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/kathryn-finney.jpg?rev=f5492cb3dfd94d83a2c4010e0002f4bd)
Kathryn Finney
Founder & Managing General Partner, Genius Guild
![Hadiza Shehu Galadanci](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/hadiza-galadanci.jpg?rev=1290cb5b0a9b490c98556070ea4acf1a)
Hadiza Shehu Galadanci
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director Africa Center of Excellence of Population Health and Policy, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
![Bill Gates](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/bill-gates.jpg?rev=c27589a80d194cf6a53590f5c23c7445)
Bill Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill Gates is a technologist, business leader, and philanthropist. Through the foundation he works to expand opportunity for the world’s most disadvantaged people.
![Melinda French Gates](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2022/melinda.jpg?rev=21a71e9866dd42afb175fb8f8b6db660)
Melinda French Gates
Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Melinda Gates is a philanthropist, investor, and global advocate for women and girls.
![Phoebe Gates](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/phoebe-gates.jpg?rev=4c388454dcdc4b4bb1b9bf5085e92aec)
Phoebe Gates
Global Health Activist
![Hot 8 Brass Band](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/hot-8-brass-band.jpeg?rev=c6d6c102bcc44157853f20bd6d5a6310)
Hot 8 Brass Band
![Rasa Izadnegahdar Director, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Discovery and Tools, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/rasa-izadnegahdar.jpg?rev=9c33d236725b468d97853471052fd84e)
Rasa Izadnegahdar
Director, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Discovery and Tools, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
![Fyezah Jehan](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/fyezah-jehan.jpg?rev=61f97a99fcc2414caafdf0070c4366f8)
Fyezah Jehan
Associate Professor and Chair, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
![Karlie Kloss](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/karlie-kloss.jpg?rev=9bcd654360114dfda679ebc0483134de)
Karlie Kloss
Founder of Kode With Klossy & Entrepreneur
![Sallie Krawcheck](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/sallie-krawcheck.jpg?rev=60b79b0161bf4ff3af75901a6e5d800c)
Sallie Krawcheck
CEO + Co-founder, Ellevest
![Padma Lakshmi](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/padma-lakshmi.jpg?rev=cea83671738f4ef7b5614e443b8ab5da)
Padma Lakshmi
Author, Host, and Executive Producer
![Zara Larsson](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/zara-larsson.jpg?rev=bfdba178bf234947bd7b0de430bbde1d)
Zara Larsson
Artist, Songwriter
![Loyiso Madinga - Host / Comedian - photo by Debra Batzofin](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/loyiso-mading.jpg?rev=10a917c5b655487abafe6d98ed25d188)
Loyiso Madinga
Host / Comedian
![Yusra Mardini](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/yusra-mardini.jpg?rev=d360c6a75d7447e898fd6680d14c6f74)
Yusra Mardini
Olympian and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
![Artina McCain](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/artina-mccain.jpg?rev=51824e1f9448451095382454b85ad64d)
Artina McCain
Concert Pianist and Professor
![Eva Nangalo](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/eva-nangalo.jpg?rev=dcbbd9ffd6db4e0393ad30393e85d6b4)
Eva Nangalo
Midwife
![Yetunde Ayo Oyalowo](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/yetunde-ayo-oyalowo.jpg?rev=09ab3d18836e403091fee4edf2b8afd2)
Yetunde Ayo Oyalowo
Founder, Market Doctor
![David Oyelowo](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/david-oyelowo.jpg?rev=0a9eac96c79a43beaa092c40977fdd3d)
David Oyelowo
Filmmaker
![Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/mavis-owusu-gyamfi.jpg?rev=a63a2c5541cb4deb9c9b781f92e29fcc)
Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi
Executive Vice-President, African Center for Economic Transformation
![Abby Phillip](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/abby-phillip.jpg?rev=a3d2fc2f2efd4150bf676e73da57ed7a)
Abby Phillip
Anchor and Senior Political Correspondent, CNN
![Minister David Moinina Sengeh](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/david-sengeh.jpg?rev=ebe3480ecda74cb68d9e06d4e8512060)
David Moinina Sengeh
Chief Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education, Sierra Leone
![](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2022/lilly-singhheadshot.jpg?rev=2d26cd432be84078bba7f135920cd8a3)
Lilly Singh
Entertainer, storyteller and gender equality advocate
![Titilope Sonuga Poet](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/titilope-sonuga.jpg?rev=c1917f77b81b4dbcbf42e812d94f5373)
Titilope Sonuga
Poet
![Mark Suzman](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/mark_suzman.jpg?rev=c70fd8ae77d94243b269b88f33a081dc)
Mark Suzman
CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
![Hamdi Ulukaya](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/hamdi-ulukaya.jpg?rev=dd588a53017b4e04aec197ea0b212cc1)
Hamdi Ulukaya
Founder & CEO of Chobani, Founder of the Tent Partnership for Refugees and SDG Advocate
![](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2022/elaine-welteroth.jpg?rev=9eda6c45f62a4272a6e27f49730df02d)
Elaine Welteroth
Journalist & NYT Bestselling Author
![Nuseir Yassin](/-/media/goalkeepers/speakers/2023/nuseir-yassin.jpg?rev=00d9b850a44f4c75aac05ecb8d20d43d)
Nuseir Yassin
Founder and CEO, Nas Company and Nas Studios
Imagine a World – 2023 Report
![A mother and her newborn](/-/media/goalkeepers/homepage/2023-home-carousel-1-report-hero-760x507-d.jpg?rev=08d409a344844084ba1d5e120c482fa4)