You cannot lose your starting bonus, even if you lose all of the countries on your starting continent.The bonus takes effect immediately after you launch the satellites.If you later cover an entire continent with satellites, then you also get that bonus even if your base is located elsewhere.Your base will be located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but your first satellite will be over Nigeria Placing the base in Africa, you get a bonus All In: 'Monthly XCOM funding increased by 30%'.
