 Nkausu made his first appearance of the tournament in Zambia's second game, a 2–2 draw with Libya on 25 January 2012.Nkausu came on as a second-half substitute for midfielder Chisamba Lungu.He played the full ninety minutes of Zambia's final group stage game, a 1–0 win over Equatorial Guinea on 29 January 2012.