News 3 Africans Awarded With IPA 2017 Total Cash Prize of US$150 000! Claude Ayitey20th July, 2017 ERT 6 minutes, 8 seconds Aly El-Shafei (Egypt), Philippa Makobore (Uganda) & Dougbeh-Chris Nyan (Liberia) win US$150k total at Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2017.