I'll actually be disappointed if they try to shoehorn Africa into CoH2. This is a late-war game, why or WHY would you want to try and shove early-war factions into the mix? People complain about the T-34/76, what will they think when their main production tank is essentially the StuG E with a turret?
Imo Africa / Italy should be reserved for CoH3 so they can focus entirely on 1940 - 1942 without having to worry about how a Cruiser is supposed to deal with Panthers. Shoehorning in Africa / Italy now would just squander the opportunity to do them properly later.
Cruisers aren't the worst of it, imagine trying to flank a Tiger with Matilda...
And taking on KTs with Anti-tank rifles... oh wait...