Neopatrimonialism is the state in which African governments manipulate the entire system of governance and substitute policy and institutional organization with a system of exploitative networks. The networks concentrate power among a given caste of people who determine the allocation of resources, both in private and public sectors. The manner in which neopatrimonialism is effected in the entire society is that it starts from the higher positions of governance and goes down to the grass root levels (Pitcher, Moran & Johnstone, 2009). More often, the forces of neopatrimonialism are hidden faces and select cast in the society which influences decisions and undermines the political structure of the nation to serve selfish interests. This paper examines the effects of Neopatrimonialism on African economies and other development outcomes such as gender, land tenure and environment.