He attended the Gaborone Police Camp and later the Tiger Kloof Educational Institute.
Although Moremi was initially well liked by the people he ruled, the British, who controlled Botswana at the time through the Bechuanaland Protectorate, did not always approve of him.
Moremi's reign was characterized by his persona as a "fearless hunter" and his opposition to independence of the OvaHerero people.
He saw declining popularity in the face of World War II and the destruction that came with it, and Moremi was suspended by the British in 1945 over allegations of corruption.
[1] The Moremi Wildlife Reserve, which his wife played a major role in the creation of, was named after him.