Gold and silver jewellery is cheap in Asmara and is definitely a bargain by world standards. So are frankincense and myrrh if you have any use for them.
Otherwise most of the souvenirs bought by tourists are the local home-spun and gold-thread embroidered cotton garments, traditional goat-skin rugs, olivewood carvings, clay coffee-pots and other traditional knick-knacks - all of which are found at the marketplace.
