The French government has said it will commit $200m (£140m) towards building a motorway between the Ugandan capital Kampala and the commercial eastern hub of Jinja, local Daily Monitor newspaper report.
The funding, which will constitute about 90% of the total needed to complete the project, will come through France's overseas development agency (AFD), the paper adds.
Ugandan officials say the planned toll road would have at least four lanes, going up to eight lanes in certain sections.
Currently there is no dual carriageway.
The road between Jinja and Kampala is one the busiest and most congested roads in the region, serving as the main eastern export route for Uganda as well as landlocked Rwanda, Burundi and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Construction is due to start in early 2017, though it has been delayed already.
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