In some ways Africa is the weakest ToW game as it relies on endless waves of enemy troops more than strategic deployment. It's also easier with so many attackers for one soldier to escape to the edge of the map & prevent the end of mission switch kicking in.
It is worth adding the
balance mods to the ToW games as this makes a HUGE difference in gameplay with script fixes & troop balancing, new units etc. Wouldn't play any ToW without these mods TBH.