This week on Inside Africa ...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Inside Africa reports on the hidden value of South Africa's informal economy
CNN's Christiane Amanpour talks to powerful African women who stood up and took down Liberia's dictator Charles Taylor
Yvonne Chaka Chaka talks about music, Mandela and her hopes for the future
Togo's superstar striker Emmanuel Adebayor talks about this summer's football World Cup

(CNN) -- This week on Inside Africa

On the streets of Jozi, the selling isn't easy, but the business continues to grow. Robyn Curnow reports on the hidden value in South Africa's informal economy.

Her voice helped define a movement. The princess of Africa, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, talks about music, Mandela and her hopes for the future.

Plus, his country may be left out of the World Cup ... but Togo's superstar striker Emmanuel Adebayor says he couldn't be more ready for the continent's coming out party.

The power of women

For years, the headlines only told part of the story. More than a decade of fighting, 250,000 people dead, and countless atrocities committed in Liberia's civil war.

But there was also a silent majority ready and willing to find their voice. Women armed only with their courage, stood up and took down the feared Charles Taylor.

CNN's Christiane Amanpour talked to one of those powerful voices Leymah Gbowee along with acclaimed singer and activist Angelique Kidjo.

Isha Sesay also talks with Christiane Amanpour about her insights on the subject.

Yvonne Chaka Chaka, the 'Princess of Africa'

Her songs against apartheid were so powerful Nelson Mandela sent her thank you notes from jail. For decades, democracy in Africa has been defined with the help of Yvonne Chaka Chaka's music. Isha Sesay caught up Miss Chaka Chaka during a recent trip to New York.

Informal economy in South Africa

The World Bank estimates the informal economy accounts for seventy-eight percent of non-agricultural employment in sub-Saharan Africa.

The figure is as high as ninety-three percent of all new jobs, and although it may not be regulated by government, Robyn Curnow finds there's no denying its importance to so many.

Interview with Emmanuel Adebayor

English premiership footballer Emmanuel Adebayor's home country of Togo may have failed to qualify for the 20-10 World Cup, but the Manchester City forward and former African footballer of the year is still well-acquainted with life on the big stage.

He sat down with CNN's Pedro Pinto to discuss his career and what an African World Cup means to him.