Hello everyone,

I'm James Saruchera, a designer and co-founder of Afrik Foundation. As the world understandably goes all in on AI, (literally the greatest opportunity this century to improve the quality of life for billions on the planet) I believe economic growth should be truly inclusive, democratic and sustainable. AI needs power, and Africa has enough renewable energy potential to power the world 8x over. We'll shortly be launching the beta version of our digital governance platform that for the first time provides a weighted vote to those closest to major renewable energy projects in Africa while at the same time providing anyone in the world with an opportunity to vote on critical projects that can transform millions of lives. We'll be launching it soon on Product Hunt and can't wait to receive your feedback and suggestions to make it better. Please feel free to reach out if what we're doing resonates. Light and life to the makers.
James

Some tools just feel more reliable even if the backend models are similar. Is it the tone, layout, citations, or transparency of the process? What gives you confidence to act on what AI says?

For the past 10 years, whenever I needed to call an international number, I used Skype. It had my back when I had to clear things up with the US university admissions from Austria, arrange a hotel pickup in Bali, or call my EU bank to see why my card was blocked while I was trekking through Argentina. I could call anywhere in the world for cents, and it was delightful.

In February 2025, Microsoft announced it was closing Skype down, and on May 5 it officially stopped operations. I was really sad when I heard the news with Skype, a huge chunk of my life disappeared. It felt the same way as if, one day, nobody would be playing on Call of Duty 2 servers anymore (that hasn t happened yet, right?).

Anyway, here I ve compiled a list of the top 6 alternatives to Skype for international calling. I used the following criteria to select them: