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title: "Backabuddy: Crowdfunding Platform"
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# Backabuddy: Crowdfunding Platform

Create and share donation fundraisers in South Africa for medical, education or charities. Payouts after verification; fees vary by EFT/card.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Fintech](/categories/fintech)
- [BackaBuddy](/backabuddy)

## Summary

Raise money online for personal causes and charities

A South African donation-based crowdfunding platform where individuals, nonprofits, and charities create campaigns and the public donates securely online.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.backabuddy.co.za/ |
| Tagline | Raise money online for personal causes and charities |
| Primary country | South Africa |
| Platforms | Web |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

BackaBuddy is a South African donation-based crowdfunding platform for individuals, charities, and nonprofit organisations that need to raise money online for specific causes.

Key capabilities include:
- **Campaign creation and sharing**, creators set up a fundraiser with a story, donation goal, and images, then share it to attract supporters
- **Cause-based fundraising** across categories such as medical needs, education, community projects, housing, animal welfare, and nature
- **Verification and secure donations**, the platform states that every campaign is checked and every donation is secured
- **Fees and payouts support**, campaigns can receive payouts after verification, and payment-processing fees vary by payment method (examples listed include EFT, instant EFT, debit card, and credit card)

Available on **Web**.

It serves a B2B2C audience, individuals and organisations create and manage fundraising campaigns, while members of the public discover campaigns and donate.

BackaBuddy is notable in South Africa for its scale and longevity. The site reports **150,000+ campaigns supported**, **R1 billion+ raised**, and **1 million+ committed givers** (stats shown for **2015–2025**), and states that it is operated by **Blue Gecko (Pty) Ltd**, a registered South African company.

## Features

- [Fintech](/categories/fintech): Category
- [B2B2C](/tags/b2b2c): Product feature or technology
- [Crowdfunding](/tags/crowdfunding): Product feature or technology
- [South Africa](/countries/south-africa): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/backabuddy/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/backabuddy/reviews)
- [Transparency](/backabuddy/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/backabuddy)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)