 Clemens Kapuuo was born in 1923 at Ozondjona za Ndjamo ("Teufelsbach"), in the Okahandja District north of Windhoek and attended school at Okahandja in 1931.In 1937 he went to St Barnabas Anglican Church School in Windhoek's Old Location.He qualified as a teacher at Viljoensdrif and at the Stoffberg Training College, both in the Orange Free State.