Nkopane was awarded a certificate of excellence by the National Community Radio Forum (NCRF) for the period that he served as the organisation’s CEO. He is a part time Radio Management lecture at Wits University faculty of Journalism. He has also authored and co-authored a number of Community Media tool-kits and booklets published by the GCIS, MDDA, AMARC and DBSA as well as Community Radio Management NQF level 5 training curriculum accredited by MICT-SETA.