 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1888, hurumende yeItaly yakatanga mapurojekiti ayo okutanga okuvandudza munharaunda itsva. Njanji yeEritrea yakapedzwa kuenda kuSaati muna 1888, uye yakasvika kuAsmara munzvimbo dzakakwirira muna 1911. Asmara Massawa Cableway ndiyo yakanga iri nzira refu kupfuura dzose munyika panguva yayo, asi yakazobviswa neBritain muHondo Yenyika II. Kunze kwemapurojekiti makuru ezvokuvakisa, zviremera zvekoloni zvakaisa mari yakawanda mubasa rezvekurima. Yakanga ichitarisirawo kugoverwa kwezvinhu zvemumaguta muAsmara neMassawa, uye yakashandisa vazhinji veEritrea mubasa rehurumende, kunyanya mumapurisa nemadhipatimendi emabasa eruzhinji. Zviuru zvevaEritrea zvakabatanidzwa pamwe chete muuto, kushumira munguva yeItaly-Turkey War muLibya pamwe neFirstuye Hondo Yechipiri yeItaly neAbyssinian. 