A Day's Media is the first book in the new series Africa Rising. Book One takes us to June 23rd, 2050 to get a glimpse of what's happening across the globe and beyond on that day. It lays out the landscape for the series and introduces the characters, technologies and events at the heart of the books. We will read news stories, leaked emails, transcripts of secret recordings, personal blogs and more, so that we can get a true feel for this near future. A future where Africa is on the rise.It is a future both bleak and bright. True health is available to all. We have never had less privacy. Humans have placed a foot on the soil of Mars. The Chinese invasion of Russia has left millions dead. Scientific advances offer hope to a wounded planet. Debts of previous generations threaten us all. As companies, states, individuals and continents all wrestle for power, we watch as a new Union steps on to the world stage.....