There is paucity of information on the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) among individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria. In addition, the role of hyperinsulinaemia in the development of MCI needs further investigation. This study sought to assess cognition and hyperinsulinaemia, with the associated characteristics in patients with advanced T2D. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from Kano State Ministry of Health; the study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration. Cognition was assessed using Montreal cognitive assessment test (MoCA), while fasting plasma insulin was measured using an ELISA kit. Data was processed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 20.0. categorical and continuous variables were expressed as percentages and mean ± SD. Student’s t-test was used to compare means while Pearson correlation was computed for correlations between variables. Sixty one diabetic subjects and 32 non-diabetic controls, matched for age, gender and level of education were studied. The diabetics had MCI while the controls had normal cognitive function. About 88.5 % of the diabetic subjects had MCI, in contrast with only 50 % of the non-diabetic controls. The most significantly affected cognitive domains among the diabetics were executive function, naming, attention, abstraction and delayed recall. Among the diabetics, MCI correlated with age, weight and body mass index (BMI); and in addition, age and weight found to be significant predictors of MCI. Plasma insulin concentration among the diabetics (16.24 ± 13.5 µIU/ml) was more than twice that of the controls (7.59 ± 2.9 µIU/ml). Hyperinsulinaemia among the diabetics correlated with weight, BMI, blood pressure and fasting blood sugar (FBS). Glycaeted haemoglobin and FBS levels were higher among diabetics compared with the non-diabetics. In conclusion, Africans with advanced T2D show multi-domain MCI at high prevalence, coexisting with hyperinsulinaemia. Majority of the patients have diabetic complications and poor glycaemic control. Hyperinsulinaemia may play a complementary role in the pathophysiology of MCI in T2D. Key words: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Insulin, Hyperinsulinaemia, Type 2 diabetes (T2D), Dementia, Africans