Stephen Isaboke, EBS, is the current Principal Secretary of the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications. Before this, he was the Group Executive of regulatory and government affairs for MultiChoice Group, responsible for sub-Saharan Africa (48 countries) based in Dubai. 

Isaboke is the current Chairman and Non-Executive Director of GOtv Kenya Ltd, Multichoice Africa Holdings B.V. Group subsidiary and Africa’s leading video entertainment company. He also serves as the director of Aura Kenya, a technology-based emergency response service provider. He has also held senior leadership positions in Kenya and East Africa for MultiChoice Group, Kenya Shell (Royal Dutch Shell PLC), Sara Lee and Unilever. He has also served on the management board of the national football team, Harambee Stars. 

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing FCIM (UK) and a member of the Institute of Directors (IoD) Kenya. He has served in several non-profit entity boards, including Operation Smile Mission in Kenya (OPSMIK) and Harambee Stars Management Board.

Isaboke holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Business Administration from the University of Nairobi, a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), United Kingdom, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in strategic management from the University of Nairobi.

As Principal Secretary, Isaboke is the administrative head and accounting officer of the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications where his role includes the development of Telecommunications Policy, Broadcasting Policy, Coordination of National Government Advertising services, Public Communications, Postal and Courier Services, Policy on Development of Local Content, Telecommunications, Postal services, Electronic Commerce and Government Telecommunications Services.